graphic
1 Americanadjective
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giving a clear and effective picture; vivid.
a graphic account of an earthquake.
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pertaining to the use of diagrams, graphs, mathematical curves, or the like; diagrammatic.
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of, relating to, or expressed by writing.
graphic symbols.
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written, inscribed, or drawn.
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depicted in a realistic or vivid manner.
graphic sex and violence.
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containing graphic descriptions.
a graphic movie.
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Geology. (of a rock) having a texture formed by the intergrowth of certain minerals so as to resemble written characters.
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Mathematics. pertaining to the determination of values, solution of problems, etc., by direct measurement on diagrams instead of by ordinary calculations.
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of or relating to the graphic arts.
noun
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a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
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a computer-generated image.
adjective
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vividly or clearly described
a graphic account of the disaster
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sexually explicit
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of or relating to writing or other inscribed representations
graphic symbols
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maths using, relating to, or determined by a graph
a graphic representation of the figures
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of or relating to the graphic arts
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geology having or denoting a texture formed by intergrowth of the crystals to resemble writing
graphic granite
Usage
What does -graphic mean? The combining form -graphic is used like a suffix meaning “of or relating to something drawn or written," often to denote a recording of something. It is often used in scientific and technical terms.The combining form -graphic comes from a combination of two forms. The first is -graph, from Greek -graphos, meaning “drawn or written, one who draws or writes.” The second form is the suffix -ic, which denotes an adjective.What are variants of -graphic?While -graphic doesn't have any variants, it is related to the forms -graphy, as in telegraphy, as well as -graph, as in pictograph. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles on -graphy and -graph.
Related Words
See picturesque.
Other Word Forms
- graphically adverb
- graphicalness noun
- graphicness noun
- nongraphic adjective
- nongraphical adjective
- nongraphically adverb
- nongraphicalness noun
- ungraphic adjective
- ungraphical adjective
- ungraphically adverb
Etymology
Origin of graphic
First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin graphicus “of painting or drawing,” from Greek graphikós “able to draw or paint,” equivalent to gráph(ein) “to draw, write” + -ikos -ic; cognate with carve
Example Sentences
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Andrew previously worked at the Financial Times producing graphics and charts in addition to several other publications before joining the Journal.
Nvidia is by far the dominant maker of graphics processing units, which have largely powered the AI revolution so far.
From MarketWatch
Nvidia has dominated the business of designing and selling GPUs—graphics processing units—a type of processor that can perform billions of simple tasks simultaneously.
Our interactive graphic shows where the £1,000 a month rental zone has extended, principally from London.
From BBC
And on video games, recent entries in the main Pokémon series, still produced by original developers Game Freak, have been criticised for failing to innovate - particularly when it comes to graphics.
From BBC
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