Glyph
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glyph 
[glif] Pronunciation Key
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[glif] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a pictograph or hieroglyph. |
| 2. | a sculptured figure or relief carving. |
| 3. | Architecture. an ornamental channel or groove. |
[Origin: 1720–30; < Gk glyph(
) carving, deriv. of glýphein to hollow out]
) carving, deriv. of glýphein to hollow out] —Related forms
glyphic, adjective
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| glyph
(glĭf) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Greek gluphē, carving, from gluphein, to carve; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots.] glyph'ic adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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glyph
1727, from Fr. glyphe (1701), from Gk. glyphe "a carving," from glyphein "to hollow out, engrave, carve" (cognate with L. glubere "to peel, shell," and O.E. cleofan "to cleave").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| glyph | |
noun | |
| glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
glyph character
An image used in the visual representation of characters; roughly speaking, how a character looks. A font is a set of glyphs.
In the simple case, for a given font (typeface and size), each character corresponds to a single glyph but this is not always the case, especially in a language with a large alphabet where one character may correspond to several glyphs or several characters to one glyph (a character encoding).
Usually used in reference to outline fonts, in particular TrueType.
(1998-05-31)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Glyph
Glyph\ (gl[i^]f), n. [Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. Cleave to split.] (Arch.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Glyph
Glyp"tic\, a. [See Glyph.]1. Of or pertaining to gem engraving. 2. (Min.) Figured; marked as with figures.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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