Definition of "pictograph" [pic•to•graph]

• A picture representing a word or idea; a hieroglyph. (noun)
• A record in hieroglyphic symbols. (noun)
• A pictorial representation of numerical data or relationships, especially a graph, but having each value represented by a proportional number of pictures. (noun)

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• "The pictograph is a good idea, but it's not required."
• "Made with crimson and amber velvet and metallic thread, it's a smooth adaptation of the artist's Jung-inspired "pictograph" paintings."
• ""pictograph" rather than give what a dramatic critic calls "a solid and studied rendering" of events."