单词 | pictograph |
释义 | pictographn. 1. A pictorial symbol or sign, esp. one representing a word or phrase; a record or system of writing consisting of pictorial symbols.Chiefly used with reference to ancient systems of writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > pictograph hieroglyphic1596 pictograph1851 pictogram1885 picturegraph1915 society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > according to type of writing pictograph1851 stenograph1856 cursive1861 minusculea1876 uncial1881 1851 H. R. Schoolcraft Hist. & Statist. Information Indian Tribes U.S. I. vi. 416 The description of Pictograph A, Plate 60, is as follows:—this is the leading inscription, and symbolizes the petition to the President. 1900 A. H. Sayce Babylonians & Assyrians x. 209 In Egypt the hieratic or running-hand of the scribe developed out of the primitive pictographs. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 91/2 An Indian pictograph enthusiast..noticed carnotite stain on a cliff face in the Edgemont, S.D., area. 2002 T. Shimoda Fourth Treasure (2003) 176/1 Ki (‘tree’) is a pictograph of a tree with sweeping branches. 2. A pictorial representation of statistical data. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > graph > picture or map representing cartogram1890 pictograph1937 society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > [noun] > on a surface > types of picture card1707 sand-table1812 inset1881 shadowgraph1886 shadow-picture1889 sand-tray1893 cutout1905 standee1930 punch-out1934 pictograph1937 1937 R. Modley How to use Pictorial Statistics iii. 19 The chief variation is that the bar chart can indicate the diversity in subject only in its printed legend, while the pictograph expresses the subject by the character of the symbols which make up each ‘bar’. In other words the bar chart is an abstract presentation of facts; the pictograph is concrete. 1954 D. Huff How to lie with Statistics vi. 66 The daddy of the pictorial chart, or pictograph, is the ordinary bar chart. 1996 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 11 Oct. d7 They also can graph the yardage of field goals on a line graph, a pictograph and a bar graph. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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