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- noun Plural form of
pictogram .
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Examples
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There (under Waid and artist Humberto Ramos), Bart was virtually a cartoon, thinking in pictograms and acting on … well, you know.
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Mostly just jabber and daubings, I say, because while many of the visual figurae of various languages have their roots in pictograms, in English these figurae can now safely be described as arbitrary.
Notes on Notes Hal Duncan 2009
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Mostly just jabber and daubings, I say, because while many of the visual figurae of various languages have their roots in pictograms, in English these figurae can now safely be described as arbitrary.
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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In some information systems a sequence of symbols can seem to be random, while in others, such as pictograms that represent deities and other concepts, there is usually a strict hierarchy that influences the order in which symbols appear.
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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) launched on 16 October the 38 official "pictograms" or symbols illustrating the sports taking place in the 2012 Games.
unknown title 2009
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The crop-circle "pictograms" were said to have been a response to questions posed by the Academy scientists.
The Register 2009
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The crop-circle "pictograms" were said to have been a response to questions posed by the Academy scientists. "
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Their instructions for a pedal-powered industrial juicer are able to transcend language barriers through pictograms -- enabling semi-literate engineers in Kenya's informal maker economy.
Marcin Jakubowski: Open-Sourced Blueprints For Civilization 2011
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Deciphering the Obama administration's foreign policy thinking is akin to deciphering the Rosetta Stone -- after the pictograms have been disordered by a game of speed-scrabble.
Michael Brenner: Inside the Oval Office: The Middle East Michael Brenner 2011
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Deciphering the Obama administration's foreign policy thinking is akin to deciphering the Rosetta Stone -- after the pictograms have been disordered by a game of speed-scrabble.
Michael Brenner: Inside the Oval Office: The Middle East Michael Brenner 2011
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