English Dictionary: ideogram | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for ideogram | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ideogram \I*de"o*gram\, n. [Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. id[82]ograme.] 1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea. Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. --J. Peile. 2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, [?], $, [?], etc. 3. A phonetic symbol; a letter. |