glyph

«glyph» in Mova's school dictionary: a picture or symbol used as a sign for a word, a sound or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a glyph, glyphs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A glyph is a picture or symbol used as a sign for a word, a sound or an idea, like an Egyptian hieroglyph or a Maya sign. tree →

2) In computers, a glyph is the shape drawn for a letter, number or symbol in a particular font. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons glyphs are carved on stones by ancient Egyptians and the Maya. In computing, the letter A looks different in each font: each look is a glyph. Emojis are glyphs too. Phrases: Maya glyphs, a carved glyph.

examples

• The Maya carved glyphs on stone to record dates and kings. tree →
• Each Egyptian hieroglyph is a glyph. tree →
• The archaeologist tried to read the glyph on the pot. tree →
• This font has a funny glyph for the letter g. tree →
• A smiley face emoji is a kind of glyph. tree →
• We drew our own glyphs to write a secret message. tree →

note

Rhymes with «cliff». Countable: one glyph, two glyphs. «Hieroglyph» is a special kind of glyph from ancient Egypt.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «glyph» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.