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pictogram|ˈpɪktəgræm| [f. L. pict-us painted + -gram.] = pictograph.
1910Encycl. Relig. & Ethics III. 549/2 The primitive characters or ‘pictograms’ ..afford unmistakable evidence as to the ideas which existed long anterior to the time of Confucius. 1936V. G. Childe Man makes Himself viii. 208 Even the picture-signs, though much more realistic than Sumerian pictograms, conform to a social convention. 1939Trans. Philol. Soc. 76 K. Haag..worked out a scheme of pictograms, based partly on the fundamental space relations and supplemented by the use of symbols like the heart for emotion. 1952G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. ii. 20 We may assume that the Egyptians began by using pictograms (images) representing things or ideas rather than words. 1960E. H. Gombrich Art & Illusion viii. 280 They see the picture still as a flat surface covered with a pictogram. 1965H. K. Compton Gloss. Purchasing & Supplies Managem. Terms 101 Pictogram, diagrams drawn in different sizes more or less to scale to demonstrate relative sizes of statistical batches which are illustrated, often by pictures depicting the subject matter. 1970Which? Nov. 352/2 The use of pictograms (eg ‘?’ to show an information desk) is increasing. 1971Nature 16 July 148/3 At the top there are pictograms of a sword, a shield and two crosses and a triangle. 1973J. M. Anderson Struct. Aspect Lang. Change 14 Pictograms can be read..with varying choice of words in any language. 1977New Yorker 2 May 135/3 Occasionally he resorts to dance pictograms. |