n-gram

See also: engram and Engram

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Etymology

From n +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/, /ˈɛŋˌɡɹæm/
  • Homophone: engram

Noun

n-gram (plural n-grams)

  1. (computational linguistics) A contiguous sequence of n items (usually characters or words) from a given sequence of text or speech, used in analysis.
    • 2012, Winnie Cheng, Exploring Corpus Linguistics: Language in Action‎[1], Routledge, →ISBN:
      Hyland's study demonstrates how n-grams can reveal similarities and differences both between genres and between different sets of writers.

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