graph·ic

(grăf′ĭk)

adj. also graph·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

a. Of or relating to written representation.

b. Of or relating to pictorial representation.

2. Of, relating to, or represented by a graph: a chart that provided graphic representation of population statistics.

3. Depicted or described in vivid detail: a graphic account of the accident. See Synonyms at vivid.

4. Of or relating to the graphic arts: a student of graphic design.

5. Of or relating to graphics.

6. Geology Having crystals resembling printed characters.

1. A work of graphic art.

2. A diagram or image used for illustration, as in a lecture.

3. A graphic display generated by a computer or an imaging device.

[Latin graphicus, from Greek graphikos, from graphē, writing, from graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

graph′i·cal·ly adv.

graph′ic·ness n.

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