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pictograph en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɪk.tə.ɡɹæf/

Etymology

From Latin pictus + -o- + graph.

Meanings

  1. A picture that represents a word or an idea.
    • The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish). 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 10, column 1:
  2. A graphic character.
  3. A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.

Forms

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pictographs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

logogram · ideogram

Deriveds

pictographic

Synonyms

hieroglyph · pictogram

Translations (2)

mi kauwhata whakaahua (type of graph) · es pictografía (type of graph)