glyph
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- noun
- /ɡlɪf/
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glifo
- The hieroglyphic scripts of the ancient Maya are only 60-70% deciphered; some of the remaining untranslated glyphs are undoubtedly of astronomical content.
- Maya glyphs
- Mayan glyphs
- deciphering Maya glyphs
So each of those little glyphs is several words.
- So each of those little glyphs is several words.
- Each of those boxes in the Mayan tradition represents one of the world ages of the past, and each glyph tells us how that world age ended.
- And when you get to that glyph that is the face of an oxen, it makes you say aloud the sound moo.
- Read it in the spiral glyphs of a spent match.
- But in fact, if you look at the Egyptian hieroglyphs, so if you look at the letter hieroglyphs, the the higher glyphs for each letter.
- But anyway, so you'll see all of our literature, and these are number systems and alphabets have our SFI font glyph.
Examples
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Scholars are studying the scans to determine the types of tools used to carve the glyphs.
Academic text (2009) -
This... this glyph here, that means "bird".
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Each head glyph below signals a place in the count.
Academic text (2009) -
The large introductory glyph signals that a date will follow.
Academic text (2009) -
To Batman, Gotham City is also a glyph for New York.
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Each of those boxes in the Mayan tradition represents one of the world ages of the past, and each glyph tells us how that world age ended.
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The scenes and glyphs on vases and ruins revealed a new picture of the Maya.
Academic text (2003) -
The ancient stone tablet had a glyph that represented a sun god.
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Scholars study the glyphs on medieval manuscripts to understand historical texts.
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Each glyph in the hieroglyphic alphabet corresponds to a specific sound or concept.
Synonyms
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A written sign such as a letter or number
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A mark, like a letter, that stands for something
A written sign that stands for a sound, word, or idea
A written mark, like a letter, that stands for a sound or idea
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Etymology
The word glyph comes from the Greek glyphein, meaning 'to carve', and you see the same root in hieroglyph ('sacred carving'). So a glyph is a carved or written mark or symbol, which is why the word today means a symbol cut into a surface or used in a writing system.