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Line 1: [[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.]] ~~A glyph is an arrow or similar image used in [[flow visualization]]. [[Image:VectorField.svg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|Glyphs visualizing a portion of the vector field (sin ''y'', sin ''x'')]]~~ A '''glyph''' is a marker – as for example an arrow or similar image – used for [[data visualization]], and more specific for [[scientific visualization]]. {{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. }} ~~{{Uncategorized stub\|date=January 2011}}~~ ==References== * {{Cite book \| publisher = Springer \| isbn = 9783540330363 \| editor1-last = Chen \| editor1-first = Chun-houh \| editor2-first = Wolfgang \| editor2-last = Härdle \| editor3-first = Antony \| editor3-last = Unwin \| title = Handbook of data visualization \| series = Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics \| date = 2008 }} {{stub}} [[Category:Visualization (graphic)]]

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