Used in a Sentence

pictograph

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pictograph.

Editorial note

Any app of sufficient complexity would be better represented via branding rather than a pictograph of its basic function.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A picture that represents a word or an idea.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pictograph gathered in one view.

noun

A picture that represents a word or an idea.

noun

A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.

noun

A graphic character.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pictograph.

noun

A picture that represents a word or an idea.

noun

A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.

noun

A graphic character.

Example sentences

1

Any app of sufficient complexity would be better represented via branding rather than a pictograph of its basic function.

2

What is that pictograph for sellers meant to mean?

3

Clicking the numbers might change them to a pictograph of a group of widgets, etc.

4

Emoji is a Japanese word meaning pictograph, it isn't derived from the word 'emoticon'.

5

Wow, poor reputation and a racially charged name with a historically insulting pictograph.

6

Whoever put that human pictograph on voyager evidently did not consult an evolutionary biologist nor a statistician, probably watched an episode of Star Trek.

7

A pictograph doesn't show the forecaster's confidence in what it portrays.

8

Interesting how similar this is to my family's favorite game: pictograph.

9

There's a little pictograph on the keycard that shows how to lock & unlock the car from the outside, by pressing the card on the b-pillar.

10

I've always been impressed with the 'information density' opportunities of logographic writing schemes (the ability to convey significant information with a single pictograph).

11

Apps, however, go well beyond the dead obvious and implement complex functionality that cannot be easily summarized in a pictograph - especially in a cross-cultural and cross-language way.

12

Unicode needs to be able to represent a half-written Japanese word somehow (yes, Japanese is a bad example because it has a phonetic alphabet as well as a pictograph alphabet).

Quote examples

1

Exactly parallel to a neo-Latin / neo-Greek formation like "pictograph" (Latin pictūra, "picture" + Greek γράφω / graphō, "write, draw").

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pictograph in a sentence?

Any app of sufficient complexity would be better represented via branding rather than a pictograph of its basic function.

What does pictograph mean?

A picture that represents a word or an idea.

What part of speech is pictograph?

pictograph is commonly used as noun.