n. 1. A picture representing a word, phrase, or idea, especially one used in early writing systems. 2. A pictorial representation of numerical data or relationships, especially a graph, but having each value represented by a proportional number of pictures. In both senses also called pictogram. [Latin pictus, past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -GRAPH.] pic′to·graphic adj. pic′to·graphi·cal·ly adv. pic·togra·phy (pĭk-tŏgrə-fē) n. |
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