keyness

English

noun
Definitions
  • (anthropology) The degree to which something is key, or important.
  • (computational linguistics) The statistical significance of a keyword's frequency in a given corpus, relative to a reference corpus.

Etymology

Suffix from English key (cay).

Origin

English

key

Gloss

cay

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