n. [ Phono- + -gram. ]
Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs, which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs, which stand for the articulations of which words are composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which represent the elementary sounds into which the syllable can be resolved. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Of or pertaining to a phonogram. [ WordNet 1.5 ]