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A symbol drawn to represent a picture or a type of graph that uses a picture instead of a number.
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Graphic symbol which represents an object via graphic-visual simi­larity in order to convey either its meaning or the sound of its name. See also phonogram.
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Any ancient rock painting. Pictograms, unlike petroglyphs, are painted rather than scratched onto the surface.
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Written pictures of words or their sounds. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and modern Chinese characters are examples of pictographic script.
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a particular form of representation of data. Suitable pictures/symbols/icons are used to represent objects. For large numbers one symbol may represent a number of objects; a part symbol then represents a rough proportion of the number.
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an actual representation of the item it represents
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a symbol that is used to cross language barriers for international signage
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a picture that represents a word.
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A pictorial symbol commonly found in environmental graphics and regulatory (traffic) signs.
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A pictorial symbol commonly found in safety, regulatory, and environmental graphics. Examples of common pictograms are: No smoking (a cigarette in a circle with a diagonal line through it) and Attention (an exclamation point inside of a triangle.)
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(pictograph) A graph that uses pictures to show and compare information. (H)
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A pictogram (also spelled "pictogramme") or pictograph is a symbol representing a concept, object, activity, place or event by illustration. Pictography is a form of writing whereby ideas are transmitted through drawing.
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