Ideography

Ideography

Ideography may refer to:
*a writing system. See ideogram
*a branch of lexicography.
*The science of making ideographic dictionaries. Ideographic or conceptual (ideological) dictionaries as opposed to alphabetical dictionaries are characterized by the way the dictionary entries are organized. The usual way of doing it is to put the words by their semantic relations. The examples of ideographic dictionaries are as follows: thesauri, thematic dictionaries, picture dictionaries.

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  • Ideography — I de*og ra*phy, n. The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ideography — [id΄ē äg′rə fē, ī΄dēäg′rə fē] n. the use of ideograms; representation of objects or ideas by graphic symbols …   English World dictionary

  • ideography — Идеографическое письмо, Идеография (Ideography)     Тип письма, состоящий из идеограмм, знаки которого обозначают целые понятия. Количество знаков в таком письме неограничено, но обычно применяется несколько тысяч и десятков тысяч знаков …   Шрифтовая терминология

  • ideography — noun Date: circa 1846 1. the use of ideograms 2. the representation of ideas by graphic symbols …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ideography — /id ee og reuh fee, uy dee /, n. the use of ideograms. [1830 40; IDEO + GRAPHY] * * * …   Universalium

  • ideography — noun a) The use of ideograms. b) logography See Also: ideograph, ideographic …   Wiktionary

  • Ideography — Идеография, идеографическое письмо …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • ideography — n. representation of an idea or object by means of pictorial symbols; writing which uses such symbols …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ideography — ide·og·ra·phy …   English syllables

  • ideography — id•e•og•ra•phy [[t]ˌɪd iˈɒg rə fi, ˌaɪ di [/t]] n. ling. the use of ideograms • Etymology: 1830–1840 …   From formal English to slang

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