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graph·ic / ˈgrafik/ • adj. 1. of or relating to visual art, esp. involving drawing, engraving, or lettering: his mature graphic work. ∎ giving a vivid picture with explicit detail: he gave a graphic description of the torture. ∎ Comput. of, relating to, or denoting a visual image: graphic information such as charts and diagrams. 2. of or in the form of a graph. 3. Geol. of or denoting rocks having a surface texture resembling cuneiform writing. • n. Comput. a graphical item displayed on a screen or stored as data. DERIVATIVES: graph·i·cal·ly / -ik(ə)lē/ adv. |
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"graphic." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "graphic." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-graphic.html "graphic." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-graphic.html |
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graphic A texture seen in granites and pegmatites and characterized by a coarse intergrowth of quartz and alkali feldspar on a scale of tens of microns. The texture can be very coarse when developed in certain pegmatites, the intergrowths developing on a scale of several millimetres, and is easily seen in hand specimen, looking rather like cuneiform (i.e. wedge-shaped) writing. When developed on a microscopic scale, graphic texture is termed granophyric texture.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "graphic." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "graphic." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-graphic.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "graphic." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-graphic.html |
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graph·ics / ˈgrafiks/ • pl. n. [usu. treated as sing.] 1. the products of the graphic arts, esp. commercial design or illustration. 2. the use of diagrams in calculation and design. 3. (also computer graphics) [treated as pl.] visual images produced by computer processing. ∎ [treated as sing.] the use of computers linked to display screens to generate and manipulate visual images. |
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"graphics." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "graphics." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-graphics.html "graphics." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-graphics.html |
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graphic †drawn with pencil or pen (rare); vividly descriptive XVII; pert. to drawing or painting XVIII; characterized by diagrams XIX. — L. graphicus — Gr. graphikós, f. graphḗ drawing, writing.
So graphical XVII, graphically XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "graphic." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "graphic." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-graphic.html T. F. HOAD. "graphic." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-graphic.html |
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graphics See computer graphics.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "graphics." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "graphics." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-graphics.html JOHN DAINTITH. "graphics." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-graphics.html |
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graphic
•Chadic, Cycladic, Helladic, maenadic, nomadic, sporadic, triadic
•heraldic • Icelandic • asdic
•bardic, Haggadic, Lombardic, Sephardic
•medic, paramedic, Samoyedic
•Wendic • Vedic
•comedic, cyclopedic, encyclopedic, medick, orthopaedic (US orthopedic)
•acidic, Druidic, hasidic
•dik-dik
•Indic, syndic
•aperiodic, episodic, geodic, melodic, methodic, monodic, parodic, periodic, prosodic, psalmodic, rhapsodic, Roddick, spasmodic, threnodic
•Nordic
•ludic, pudic
•Talmudic
•autobiographic, autographic, bibliographic, biographic, calligraphic, cartographic, choreographic, cinematographic, cryptographic, demographic, geographic, graphic, hagiographic, historiographic, holographic, hydrographic, iconographic, lithographic, monographic, orthographic, palaeographic (US paleographic), photographic, pictographic, pornographic, reprographic, Sapphic, seraphic, stenographic, telegraphic, traffic, typographic, xerographic
•Efik, malefic
•Delphic, Guelphic
•anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, colorific, hieroglyphic, honorific, horrific, Indo-Pacific, pacific, prolific, scientific, soporific, specific, terrific, transpacific, triglyphic
•catastrophic, dystrophic, philosophic, strophic, theosophic, trophic
•anamorphic, biomorphic, metamorphic, Orphic, polymorphic, zoomorphic
•Kufic, Sufic
•demagogic • yogic
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"graphic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "graphic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-graphic.html "graphic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-graphic.html |
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