mean length of utterance

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noun Psycholinguistics.

the mean number of morphemes produced per sentence, used especially as a measure of child language development. Abbreviation: MLU

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How to use mean length of utterance in a sentence

To his critics, he explained—sometimes at painful length—his reasoning against it.
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I mean, physically, mentally, you know, in every way, shape, and form.
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What they actually mean by that is, you know, he actually knows some people that are poor.
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What does Bondi mean that clerks now should “determine how to proceed”?
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What is most troubling is our – and I do mean “our” and not “their” – never treating these situations as learning opportunities.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
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He wanted to tell her that if she called her father, it would mean the end of everything for them, but he withheld this.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
These sections also have vibrations of their own which are of shorter length and more rapid motion.
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Besides this fundamental or primary vibration, the movement divides itself into segments, or sections, of the entire length.
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