4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Glyph \Glyph\ (gl[i^]f), n. [Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. {Cleave} to split.] 1. (Arch.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See {Triglyph}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch[ae]ol.) A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: glyph n : glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 21 Moby Thesaurus words for "glyph": anaglyph, bas-relief, boss, cameo, cameo glass, cavo-rilievo, cut glass, embossment, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, low relief, mask, medal, medallion, plaquette, relief, relievo, sculptured glass From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: glyphAn {image} used in the visual representation of {characters}; roughly speaking, how a character looks. A {font} is a set of glyphs. In the simple case, for a given {font} ({typeface} and size), each character corresponds to a single glyph but this is not always the case, especially in a language with a large alphabet where one character may correspond to several glyphs or several characters to one glyph (a {character encoding}). Usually used in reference to {outline fonts}, in particular {TrueType}. (1998-05-31)
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