Meaning of IDEOGRAM
| Pronunciation: | | 'ideeu`gram
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| | Definition: | | [n] a graphic character used in ideography |
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| | Synonyms: | | ideograph |
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| | See Also: | | character, grapheme, graphic symbol, logogram, logograph, radical | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \I*de"o*gram\, n. [Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. id['e]ograme.]
1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of
hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to
represent either things or thoughts. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet).
You might even have a history without language
written or spoken, by means of ideograms and
gesture. --J. Peile.
2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1,
2, 3, +, -, ?, $, ?, etc.
3. A phonetic symbol; a letter.
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| | Related Terms: | | allegory, alphabet, arrowhead, art, blueprint, character, charactering, characterization, charactery, chart, choreography, cipher, conventional representation, conventional symbol, cuneiform, dance notation, delineation, demonstration, demotic character, depiction, depictment, determinative, diagram, drama, drawing, emblem, exemplification, figuration, grammalogue, hieratic symbol, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics, hiragana, iconography, iconology, ideograph, illustration, imagery, imaging, kana, katakana, letter, limning, logogram, logograph, logotype, love knot, map, musical notation, notation, ogham, phonetic, phonetic symbol, pictogram, pictograph, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, projection, radical, realization, rendering, rendition, representation, rune, schema, score, script, shorthand, syllabary, symbol, symbolic system, symbolism, symbolization, symbology, tablature, token, totem, totem pole, type, wedge, word letter, writing |
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