From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Graphic \Graph"ic\ (gr[a^]f"[i^]k), Graphical \Graph"ic*al\
(gr[a^]f"[i^]*kal), a. [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]
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2. Of or pertaining to the art of writing.
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3. Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
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The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all
his works, not graphical, or composed of letters.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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4. Having the faculty of clear, detailed, and impressive
description; as, a graphic writer.
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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.
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6. Hence: describing nudity or sexual activity in explicit
detail; as, a novel with graphic sex scenes.
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7. relating to or presented by a graph[2]; as, a graphic
presentation of the data. [WordNet sense 3]
Syn: graphical.
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{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}.
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