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pic⋅tog⋅ra⋅phy

  [pik-tog-ruh-fee]
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–noun
the use of pictographs; picture writing.
Origin:
1850–55; pictograph + -y 3 ; see -graphy
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pic·to·graph   (pĭk'tə-grāf')   
n.   In all senses also called pictogram.

  1. A picture representing a word or idea; a hieroglyph.

  2. A record in hieroglyphic symbols.

  3. A pictorial representation of numerical data or relationships, especially a graph, but having each value represented by a proportional number of pictures.


[Latin pictus, past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots + -graph.]
pic'to·graph'ic adj., pic'to·graph'i·cal·ly adv., pic·tog'ra·phy (pĭk-tŏg'rə-fē) n.
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