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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pic·to·graph \\-ˌgraf\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Latin pictus + English -o- + -graph DATE 1851 1. an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall 2. one of the symbols belonging to a pictorial graphic system 3. a diagram representing statistical data by pictorial forms • pic·to·graph·ic \\ˌpik-tə-ˈgra-fik\\ adjective English Etymology pictograph "picture or symbol representing an idea," 1851, from L. pictus"painted" (see paint) + -graph. First used in ref. to Amer.Indian writing. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pic·to·graph \-raf, -raa(ə)f, -raif, -rȧf\ noun Etymology: picto- + -graph 1. : an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall (as of a cave, cliff) — compare petroglyph 2. a. : a pictorial representation of some object used to symbolize that object in pictography or in writing that includes elements of pictography b. : a record in such symbols 3. : one of the symbols belonging to any graphic system the characters of which are to a considerable extent pictorial in appearance regardless of whether the symbols serve a pictographic, ideographic, or phonetic function 4. : a diagram representing statistical data by pictorial forms which can be varied in color, size, or number to indicate chang |
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