glyph
noun/ɡlɪf/
/ɡlɪf/
- a symbol or picture that represents a word, especially one from an ancient writing system
- how to write the Mayan glyph for cacao
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- (computing) a small symbol
- This command will call up a table with all available glyphs in that font.
Word Originlate 18th cent. (originally referring to an ornamental carved channel, as on a Greek frieze): from French glyphe, from Greek gluphē ‘carving’.
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