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[[File:Scatter plot.jpg|right|thumb|Four-dimensional data visualization, using [[VisIt]]: in [[three-dimensional]] [[phase space]] a fourth [[scalar variable]] is visualized by use of coloured glyphs.]]

In the context of [[data visualization]], a [[glyph]] is any marker, such as an arrow or similar marking, used to specify part of a [[scientific visualization]]. This is a representation to visualize data where the data set is presented as a collection of visual objects. These visual objects are collectively called Glyph

{{Quotation |In the context of data visualization, a glyph is the visual representation of a piece of data where the attributes of a graphical entity are dictated by one or more attributes of a data record. |Matthew O. Ward |Multivariate data glyphs: Principles and practice| In: ''Handbook of data visualization'' (2008), p.180. }}