Meaning & use
pictograph
A picture or symbol that represents a word, idea, or piece of data, often used in charts or ancient writing.
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The chart used a pictograph of a car to represent every thousand vehicles sold.
Archaeologists studied the ancient pictographs carved into the canyon walls.
A note on using this word
In statistics, a pictograph shows data using repeated small pictures instead of bars or lines, while in archaeology it refers to prehistoric picture-writing.
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