glyph

Plural: glyphs

Noun

• A symbolic figure or a carved or incised mark.
• glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief
• A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
• A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
• Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
• Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
• A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
• A vertical groove.
• A land snail of the genus Glyphyalinia
• Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha.

Examples

• The elegant GLYPH on the board was actually just a perfectly placed ’G’.
• The grid column header displays a sort glyph indicating an ascending or descending ordering.

Synonyms

sort

Related Words

ligature, GLYPHIC