The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
ideographical — adj. of or pertaining to an ideograph, of a pictorial symbol which directly represents a concept or thing … English contemporary dictionary
ideographical — ideographic / grafˈik/ or ideographˈical adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑ideogram … Useful english dictionary
Ideographic — I de*o*graph ic, Ideographical I de*o*graph ic*al, a. [Cf. F. id[ e]ographique.] Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word nine, but the idea of the number itself. {I… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ideographically — Ideographic I de*o*graph ic, Ideographical I de*o*graph ic*al, a. [Cf. F. id[ e]ographique.] Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word nine, but the idea of the number… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
History of communication — The history of communication dates back to the earliest signs of life. Communication can range from very subtle processes of exchange, to full conversations and mass communication. Human communication was revolutionized with speech about 200,000… … Wikipedia
Phaistos Disc decipherment claims — There are a large number of claims of decipherment of the Phaistos Disc.The claims may be categorized into linguistic decipherments, identifying the language of the inscription, and non linguistic decipherments. A purely ideographical reading is… … Wikipedia
ideographic — [id΄ē ō graf′ik, id΄ē əgraf′ik; ī΄dēō graf′ik, ī΄dēə graf′ik] adj. of, or having the nature of, an ideogram or ideography: also ideographical * * * See ideograph. * * * … Universalium
ideograph — ideographic /id ee euh graf ik, uy dee /, ideographical, adj. ideographically, adv. /id ee euh graf , grahf , uy dee /, n. an ideogram. [1825 35; IDEO + GRAPH] * * * … Universalium
ideograph — (n.) late 1830s, from comb. form of Gk. idea (see IDEA (Cf. idea)) + GRAPH (Cf. graph). Related: Ideographic (1822); ideographical … Etymology dictionary
ideograph — /ˈɪdioʊgræf/ (say ideeohgraf), / graf/ (say grahf) noun a written symbol representing the idea of something directly, and not its name or sound, as some Chinese characters or Egyptian hieroglyphics. Also, ideogram /ˈɪdioʊgræm/ (say ideeohgram).… …
