<s>
In	O
scientific	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
a	O
tensor	B-Application
glyph	I-Application
is	O
an	O
object	O
that	O
can	O
visualize	O
all	O
or	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
nine	O
degrees	O
of	O
freedom	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
acceleration	O
,	O
twist	O
,	O
or	O
shear	B-Algorithm
–	O
of	O
a	O
matrix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Glyphs	B-Application
,	O
or	O
icons	O
,	O
depict	O
multiple	O
data	O
values	O
by	O
mapping	O
them	O
onto	O
the	O
shape	O
,	O
size	O
,	O
orientation	O
,	O
and	O
surface	O
appearance	O
of	O
a	O
base	O
geometric	O
primitive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Tensor	B-Application
glyphs	I-Application
are	O
a	O
particular	O
case	O
of	O
multivariate	O
data	O
glyphs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
certain	O
types	O
of	O
glyphs	B-Application
that	O
are	O
commonly	O
used	O
:	O
</s>
