Phonogram

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phonogram \Pho"no*gram\, n. [Phono- + -gram.]
     1. A letter, character, or mark used to represent a
        particular sound.
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              Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs,


              which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs,
              which stand for the articulations of which words are
              composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which
              represent the elementary sounds into which the
              syllable can be resolved.             --I. Taylor
                                                    (The
                                                    Alphabet).
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     2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  phonogram
       n : any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or
           morpheme or word