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Definition of Logograph
1. Noun. A single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation. "7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese"
Definition of Logograph
1. Noun. a character or symbol that represents a word or phrase. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Logograph
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Logograph
Literary usage of Logograph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand, Imbert de Saint-Amand, Elizabeth Gilbert Martin (1897)
"THE BOX OF THE logograph. royal family has just entered the session _JL chamber.
It will find there not an asylum, but the vestibule of the prison and the ..."
2. Bell's Electric Speaking Telephone: Its Invention, Construction, Application by George Bartlett Prescott (1884)
"For recording vocal impulses one of the most sensitive instruments is the logograph,
invented by W. IL Barlow, F. R S. The pressure of the air in speaking ..."
3. Descriptive Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers (1867)
"... and Spots—Probable atmosphere—Observations of Galileo, and the perplexity they
caused.—logograph sent by him to Kepler. ..."
4. The Practical Applications of Electricity: A Series of Lectures Delivered at by William Henry Preece, Frederick Joseph Bramwell, Charles William Siemens, John Hopkinson, Frederick Augustus Abel, William Thomson Kelvin (1884)
"THE logograph, FIG. la. " Each horseman drew his battle blade !" membrane B are
recorded. In Figure la you have the words " Each horseman drew his battle ..."
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