graphogram
Etymology
From grapho- + -gram.
graphogram means A wax cylinder on which a message is recorded. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
noun
- A wax cylinder on which a message is recorded.“Sir: I am in receipt of your communication of the 21st ultimo wherein you say “there appears to be a diversity of opinions among postmasters relative to the rate of postage properly chargeable on phonograms and graphograms designations now commonly applied to messages impressed on wax cylinders by the phonograph and graphophone,“ and requesting that I give you my opinion upon the question.
In answ”
- some nonsense in graphology, probably several kinds thereof.
- A written inkling of a name in a writing system incompletely rendering the phonological system of a language.“nowhere in Sanskrit literature do we find an individual’s name, never mind an astrologer’s name, which could have served even remotely as a base form for the Arabic graphograms. […] In the face of these findings, any attempt at explaining the Arabic graphograms must proceed from the premise of their validity and integrity or, in other words, from the presumed accuracy of their transmitted forms.”