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Definition of Pasigraphy
1. Noun. An artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to express ideas.
Definition of Pasigraphy
1. n. A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations.
Definition of Pasigraphy
1. Noun. (linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pasigraphy
1. A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations. Origin: Gr. For all (dat. Pl. Of all). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasigraphy
Literary usage of Pasigraphy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1912)
"In this sense it was employed in the eighteenth century by Lambert to denote his
own logical calculus.10 It was Schröder who first called it "pasigraphy" in ..."
2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"... a universal grammar is obtained ; and, if this can be communicated in common
characters, intelligible by every one, we have a complete pasigraphy. ..."
3. Natural Philosophy by Wilhelm Ostwald (1910)
"pasigraphy and Sound Writing. There are two possibilities for co-ordination
between concepts and written signs. Either the co-ordination is direct, ..."
4. The Classical Journal (1817)
"pasigraphy. The sensations and reflections formed in our own minds, we communicate
by means of oral sounds; to represent these to the eye, and enable others ..."
5. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1837)
"pasigraphy (from <««, universal ... See Vater's pasigraphy and ... On n Written
Language and pasigraphy (in German, 1809). A universal spoken language ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"pasigraphy (from нам, universal, ypa«^, writing). A universal written or spoken
language, that is, a language easily understood by all nations, ..."
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