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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ideogram \I*de"o*gram\, n. [Ideo- + -gram; cf F. id['e]ograme.] 1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea. Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. --J. Peile. 2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as 1, 2, 3, +, -, ?, $, ?, etc 3. A phonetic symbol; a letter. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ideogram n : a graphic character used in ideography [syn: {ideograph}]
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