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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Graphic \Graph"ic\ (gr[a^]f"[i^]k), Graphical \Graph"ic*al\ (gr[a^]f"[i^]*kal), adjective [L. graphicus, Gr. grafiko's, fr. gra'fein to write; cf. F. graphique. See {Graft}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing; of or pertaining to graphics; as, graphic art work. [WordNet sense 2] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Of or pertaining to the art of writing.
3. Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters. --Sir T. Browne.
4. Having the faculty of clear, detailed, and impressive description; as, a graphic writer.
5. Well delineated; clearly and vividly described; characterized by, clear, detailed, and impressive description; vivid; evoking lifelike images within the mind; as graphic details of the President's sexual misbehavior; a graphic description of the accident; graphic images of violence. [WordNet sense 5]
Syn: lifelike, pictorial, vivid. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
6. Hence: describing nudity or sexual activity in explicit detail; as, a novel with graphic sex scenes. [WordNet 1.5]
7. relating to or presented by a graph[2]; as, a graphic presentation of the data. [WordNet sense 3]
Syn: graphical. [WordNet 1.5]
{Graphic algebra}, a branch of algebra in which, the properties of equations are treated by the use of curves and straight lines.
{Graphic arts}, a name given to those fine arts which pertain to the representation on a fiat surface of natural objects; as distinguished from music, etc., and also from sculpture.
{Graphic formula}. (Chem.) See under {Formula}.
{Graphic granite}. See under {Granite}.
{Graphic method}, the method of scientific analysis or investigation, in which the relations or laws involved in tabular numbers are represented to the eye by means of curves or other figures; as the daily changes of weather by means of curves, the abscissas of which represent the hours of the day, and the ordinates the corresponding degrees of temperature.
{Graphical statics} (Math.), a branch of statics, in which the magnitude, direction, and position of forces are represented by straight lines
{Graphic tellurium}. See {Sylvanite}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Photochronography \Pho'to*chro*nog"ra*phy\, noun Art of recording or measuring intervals of time by the photochronograph. -- {Pho'to*chron'o*graph"ic}, {-graph"ic*al}, adjective -- {Pho'to*chron'o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adverb [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
graphical
adjective
1: relating to or presented by a graph; "a graphic presentation of the data" [syn: {graphic}]
2: written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols" [syn: {graphic}, {in writing(p)}]
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