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logogram

Pronunciation:  'logu`gram

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 Definition: [n]  a single symbol that represents an entire word or phrase
 
 Synonyms: logograph
 
 See Also: ideogram, ideograph

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Log"o*gram\, n. [Gr. ? word + -gram.]
A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity,
represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf.
{Grammalogue}.

 
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