Graphic

4 definitions found

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]


        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     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.
        [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}.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  expressed \expressed\ adj.
     1. Communicated in words.
  
     Syn: uttered, verbalized.
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     2. Precisely and clearly expressed, leaving nothing to
        implication. Opposite of {implicit}. [Narrower terms:
        {graphic}] Also See: {definite}, {denotative}, {denotive},
        {overt}, {open}, {unequivocal}, {unambiguous}.
  
     Syn: explicit, express.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  graphic
       adj 1: written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols" [syn: {graphical},
               {in writing(p)}]
       2: describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail;
          "graphic sexual scenes"
       3: of or relating to the graphic arts; "the etchings,
          drypoints, lithographis, and engravings which together
          form his graphic work"- Brit. Book News
       4: relating to or presented by a graph; "a graphic presentation
          of the data" [syn: {graphical}]
       5: evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry
          and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike
          portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: {lifelike}, {pictorial},
           {vivid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "graphic":
     accurate, apish, autograph, autographic, calligraphic,
     chirographic, clear, clear-cut, cogent, compelling, convincing,
     cursive, definite, delineative, delineatory, depictive,
     descriptive, detailed, diagrammatic, distinct, drawn, echoic,
     embodying, engrossed, explicit, expositive, expressive, faithful,
     figurative, flowing, freehand, gory, graphoanalytic, graphologic,
     graphometric, holograph, holographic, ideographic, illustrational,
     illustrative, imaginative, imitative, in longhand, in shorthand,
     in writing, incarnating, incisive, inscribed, italic, italicized,
     lifelike, limning, longhand, lucid, manifest, manuscript,
     meaningful, mimetic, mimish, monochrome, naturalistic, on paper,
     onomatopoeic, painty, particular, pastose, penciled, penned,
     personifying, perspicuous, photographic, pictographic, pictorial,
     picturable, pictural, picturesque, plain, polychrome, portraying,
     precise, printed, realistic, representational, representative,
     representing, running, scenographic, scriptorial, scriptural,
     scumbled, shorthand, simulative, striking, stylographic,
     suggestive, symbolizing, telling, true to life, typifying,
     unambiguous, unmistakable, visible, visual, vivid, well-defined,
     well-drawn, written