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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|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 a Glyph.
 
{{Quotation |text=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. |author=Matthew O. Ward |title=Multivariate data glyphs: Principles and practice| source=In: ''Handbook of data visualization'' (2008), p.180. }}
 
== Constructing Glyphs ==