Graphic

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I. adjective also graphical

Etymology: Latin graphicus, from Greek graphikos, from graphein
Date: 1637
1.
- a. of or relating to the pictorial arts; also pictorial
- b. of, relating to, or involving such reproductive methods as those of engraving, etching, lithography, photography, serigraphy, and woodcut
- c. of or relating to the art of printing
- d. relating or according to graphics
2. formed by writing, drawing, or engraving
3. (usually graphic)
- a. marked by clear lifelike or vividly realistic description
- b. vividly or plainly shown or described <a graphic sex scene>
4. (usually graphical) of, relating to, or represented by a graph
5. of or relating to the written or printed word or the symbols or devices used in writing or printing to represent sound or convey meaning
? graphically adverb
? graphicness noun
Synonyms:
- graphic, vivid, picturesque mean giving a clear visual impression in words. graphic stresses the evoking of a clear lifelike picture <a graphic account of combat>. vivid suggests an impressing on the mind of the vigorous aliveness of something<a vivid re-creation of an exciting event>. picturesque suggests the presentation of a striking or effective picture composed of features notable for their distinctness and charm<a picturesque account of his travels>.

II. noun

Date: 1944
1.
- a. a product of graphic art
- b. plural the graphic media
2.
- a. a graphic representation (as a picture, map, or graph) used especially for illustration
- b. a pictorial image displayed on a computer screen <the program's graphics are impressive>
- c. plural but singular or plural in construction the art or science of drawing a representation of an object on a two-dimensional surface according to mathematical rules of projection
3. plural but singular or plural in construction the process whereby a computer displays graphics
4. a printed message superimposed on a television picture