Stĭch-ŏm'e-try, n.

n. [Fr. stichométrie, from Gr. στίχος and μέτρον, a measure, μετρεῖν, to measure. See supra.]

1. Measurement, or length, of books, as ascertained by the number of lines which they contain.
2. A division of the text of a book into lines.