pictograph

English

Etymology

From Latin pictus +‎ -o- +‎ graph.[1]

Noun

pictograph (plural pictographs)

  1. A picture that represents a word or an idea.
    Synonyms: hieroglyph, pictogram
    Coordinate terms: ideogram, logogram
    • 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:
      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).
  2. A graphic character.
  3. A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.

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References

  1. ^ “pictograph, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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