graphics

graph·ics  (grfks)

n.

1.

a. (used with a sing. verb) The making of drawings in accordance with the rules of mathematics, as in engineering or architecture.

b. (used with a pl. verb) Calculations, as of structural stress, from such drawings.

2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) See graphic arts.

3. Computer Science

a. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data, as used in computer-aided design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational programs.

b. (used with a sing. verb) The process by which a computer displays data pictorially.

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graphics

Noun

the art of drawing in accordance with mathematical rules

Noun, pl

1. the illustrations in a magazine or book, or in a television or film production

2. Computers information displayed in the form of diagrams or graphs

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graphics  (grfks)

The representation of data in a way that includes images in addition to or instead of text. Computer-aided design, typesetting, and video games, for example, involve the use of graphics.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	graphics - photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" artwork, nontextual matter, art publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution visual communication - communication that relies on vision illustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive drawing - an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper; "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7"
	2.	graphics - the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book computer graphics - the pictorial representation and manipulation of data by a computer graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking

Translations

graphics [ˈgræfɪks] n (art, process) → artes fpl gráficas

npl (= drawings) (COMPUT) → gráficos mpl

graphics [ˈgræfɪks] graph n (= art) → arts mpl graphiques (= process); graphisme m

npl (= drawings) → illustrations fpl

graphics [ˈgræfɪks] graph n → Grafik f

npl (drawings) → Zeichnungen pl, grafische Darstellungen pl

graphics [ˈgræfɪks] n (= art, process) → grafica;

(pl) (= drawings); illustrazioni fpl