Keyness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The degree to which something is key, or important. uncountable

    "The keyness of a summarizing symbol derives from the relative fundamentality (or ultimacy) of the meanings which it formulates, relative to other meanings of the system."

  2. 2
    The statistical significance of a keyword's frequency in a given corpus, relative to a reference corpus. uncountable

    "This was one of the weakest keywords that was found, with a keyness of 24.9."

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"The keyness of a summarizing symbol derives from the relative fundamentality (or ultimacy) of the meanings which it formulates, relative to other meanings of the system."

Etymology

From key + -ness.

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