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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