• -gram

    Origin

    From Ancient Greek suffix -γραμμα, from γράμμα (gramma, "written character, letter, that which is drawn"), from γράφω (graphō, "to scratch, to scrape, to graze")

    Full definition of -gram

    Suffix

    1. Something written, drawn or otherwise recorded.

    Derived terms

    terms derived using -gram (suffix)r_h\, versus h\,
    • cosmogram - a flat geometric figure depicting a cosmology
    • engram - a hypothetical means by which memory traces are stored
    • histogram - a graphical display of tabulated frequencies, shown as bars
    • monogram - a motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol
    • N-gram - a type of probabilistic model for predicting the next item in a sequence
    • nastygram (has several different meanings)
    • Ntigram - a form of histogram in which each bar represents the same (or approximately the same) number of cases
    • photogram - a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a photo-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light
    • pictogram - an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object
    • radargram - a radar image of mineral deposits or a planetary surface
    • reflectogram - the set of data captured in an application of reflectography
    • renogram - a medical scan of the kidney
    • scintigram - an image of part of the body, obtained by measuring (by means of scintillation or a similar method) the radiation emitted by a radioactive tracer
    • sonogram - a diagnostic medical image created using ultrasound echo (sonographic) equipment
    • spectrogram - an image that shows how the spectral density of a signal varies with time
    • stereogram - a stereoscopic image
    • trigram - a special case of the N-gram, where N is 3
    • zymogram - an electrophoretic technique for the detection of enzyme activity
    Lexical
    • alphagram - the result of arranging a group of letters in alphabetical order
    • ambigram - a typographical design or artform that may be read as one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint, direction, or orientation
    • anagram - the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once
    • ideogram - a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept
    • semantogram - a symbol used solely for meaning
    • pangram
    Types of messageTypes of geometric figures
    • decagram - a 10-sided star polygon
    • enneagram - a nine-pointed geometric figure
    • hendecagram - a star polygon that has eleven points
    • heptagram - a seven-pointed star drawn with seven straight strokes
    • hexagram - a six-pointed geometric star figure
    • octagram - an eight-sided star polygon
    • parallelogram - a four-sided figure whose opposite sides are parallel
    • pentagram - the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes
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