pictograph

The definition of a pictograph is a symbol or image that represents an idea.

(noun)

An example of a pictograph is the cigarette with a red circle and slash around it, meaning no smoking.
An example of a pictograph is the bird image used in hieroglyphics to represent a god.

See pictograph in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a picture or picturelike symbol representing an idea, as in primitive writing; hieroglyphic
pictography
a diagram or graph using pictured objects to convey ideas, information, etc.

Origin: < L pictus (see picture) + -graph

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See pictograph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun In all senses also called pictogram.

A picture representing a word or idea; a hieroglyph.
A record in hieroglyphic symbols.
A pictorial representation of numerical data or relationships, especially a graph, but having each value represented by a proportional number of pictures.

Origin:

Origin: Latin pictus

Origin: , past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -graph

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