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pictogram
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Word definitions for pictogram in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It catches people's imagination, and becomes, as Harry wanted, a kind of pictogram to represent the whole range.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1910, from stem of Latin pictus "painted," past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)) + -gram .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration. n. A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A pictogram , also called a pictogramme , pictograph , or simply picto , and in computer usage an icon , is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. Pictographs are often used in writing and graphic systems ...
Usage examples of pictogram.
Chinese pictogram for this represents a man wearing war paint and tattoos.
Chinese pictogram for this represents a man wearing warpaint and tattoos.
They stopped a respectful distance from the two visitors and one of them stepped forward, a tall Han who wore on the chest of his pale green one-piece a large black pictogram and the number i.
It was a pale lilac with the pictogram of the Yin family in green in one comer.
They stopped a respectful distance from the two visitors and one of them stepped forward, a tall Han who wore on the chest of his pale green one-piece a large black pictogram and the number 1.
It was a pale lilac with the pictogram of the Yin family in green in one corner.
And beneath its beauty something unfathomable, as though the field itself had become a living sign, a pictogram like those the outlanders used to freeze breath onto stone and parchment.
On top of each card a color code or pictogram was placed for special instructions.
Some cell phones I had seen signaled a voice mail message with a little pictogram of an envelope.
He picked up one of the cushions beside him and studied it a moment, reading the Mandarin pictograms sewn into the velvet.
In the blue beside each face of the triangle was embroidered a Han word, the original red of the pictograms transformed by time into a dull mauvish-brown, like ancient bloodstains.
Since then, several dozen attempts have been made to reduce the original Chinese sounds, represented by some tens of thousands of separate pictograms, into readily understandable phonetics for Western use.
Flicking through, he noticed the notations in the margin, the tiny, beautifully drawn pictograms in red and black and green.
Since then, several dozen attempts have been made to reduce the original Chinese sounds, represented by some tens of thousands of separate pictograms, into readily understandable phonetics for West-em use.
English and Mandarin, the pictograms sewn into every cushion, every curtain, every bedspread in the place.