˜yÐÄvlog

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glyph

[ glif ]

noun

  1. a pictograph or hieroglyph.
  2. a sculptured figure or relief carving.
  3. Architecture. an ornamental channel or groove.


glyph

/ É¡±ôɪ´Ú /

noun

  1. a carved channel or groove, esp a vertical one as used on a Doric frieze
  2. rare.
    another word for hieroglyphic
  3. any computer-generated character regarded in terms of its shape and bit pattern
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ±ô²â±è³ó¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ±ô²â±è³ói³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glyph1

First recorded in 1720–30; from Greek ²µ±ô²â±è³ó(ḗ) “a carving,†derivative of ²µ±ôý±è³ó±ð¾±²Ô “to carve, hollow outâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glyph1

C18: from French glyphe, from Greek ²µ±ô³Ü±è³óŧ carving, from gluphein to carve
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Ancient Maya glyphs trace the history of Ucanal in northern Guatemala.

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Haring made uninflected linear drawings almost exclusively glyphs and pictographs, like Paleolithic cave art with an agitated urban edge.

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If the outside of the berms is riotous nature, the interior is sleek and calm; gently sloping white walls bear glyphs inspired by Hohokam petroglyphs found in Southern Arizona.

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The glyphs also highlight the lives of dynastic rulers such as the delightfully named K’ab Kante’, including when each one died, how they were memorialized and under what circumstances their successors came to the throne.

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Only from the air does the layout finally resolve into an elegant glyph.

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