Graphic definition
A diagram or image used for illustration, as in a lecture.
noun
Of or relating to the graphic arts.
A student of graphic design.
adjective
A work of graphic art.
noun
A graphic display generated by a computer or an imaging device.
noun
A visual representation such as a photo, illustration or diagram. A graphic may contain text, but text by itself is not considered a graphic unless it is done in a stylized fashion. In the computer, a graphic is a file such as a JPEG or GIF. See graphic arts and graphics formats.
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Of or relating to a (specified) method or process for recording or describing.
Telegraphic, stenographic.
affix
The definition of a graphic is a visual element printed on a piece of paper, in a newspaper or magazine article or on a computer or television screen.
An example of a graphic is a logo on a piece of stationary.
noun
The definition of graphic is something that is visual or an image.
An example of a graphic design is the design of a logo.
adjective
Graphic means very vivid or violent.
An example of a graphic description is a detailed description of violence in a war zone.
adjective
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(geology) Having crystals resembling printed characters.
adjective
Of or relating to written representation.
adjective
Of or relating to pictorial representation.
adjective
Having markings suggestive of written or printed characters.
Graphic granite.
adjective
Describing or depicting in vivid and realistic detail.
A rather graphic war movie.
adjective
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Described or depicted in vivid and realistic detail.
Graphic details of the battle.
adjective
Of handwriting; used or expressed in handwriting.
adjective
Written, inscribed, or recorded in letters of the alphabet, meaningful symbols, etc.
adjective
Of graphs or diagrams.
adjective
Shown by graphs or diagrams.
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Of, relating to, or represented by a graph.
A chart that provided graphic representation of population statistics.
adjective
Of or relating to graphics.
adjective
An illustration, graph, map, caption, etc. accompanying a newspaper or magazine article, appearing on a computer or TV screen, etc.
noun
Depicted or described in vivid detail.
A graphic account of the accident.
adjective
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Origin of graphic
- Latin graphicus from Greek graphikos from graphē writing from graphein to write gerbh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikos, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphē, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω (graphō).
From Wiktionary