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Graphical   /grˈæfɪkəl/   Listen
adjective
Graphical, Graphic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing; of or pertaining to graphics; as, graphic art work.
2.
Of or pertaining to the art of writing.
3.
Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines. "The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters."
4.
Having the faculty of clear, detailed, and impressive description; as, a graphic writer.
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.
Synonyms: lifelike, pictorial, vivid.
6.
Hence: Describing nudity or sexual activity in explicit detail; as, a novel with graphic sex scenes.
7.
Relating to or presented by a graph (2); as, a graphic presentation of the data.
Synonyms: graphical.
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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"Graphical" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Index," he said, "a composite of all the individual charts which you saw ahead of it. This Index shows in graphical form the relationship between the basic requirements for obtaining a research grant and the actual qualifications of the applicant. This line marks the minimum requirement in ...
— The Great Gray Plague • Raymond F. Jones

... reason to believe, that Mr. Philips was no mean Arcadian: By endeavouring to imitate too servilely the manners and sentiments of vulgar rustics, he has sometimes raised a laugh against him; yet there are in some of his Pastorals a natural simplicity, a true Doric dialect, and very graphical descriptions. ...
— The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753),Vol. V. • Theophilus Cibber

... to this graphic description in silence. She was very pale, and held her handkerchief to her mouth with one trembling hand; the other beat nervously on her lap, and it was only by a strong effort of will that she managed to ...
— The Bishop's Secret • Fergus Hume

... the trial, the death of his adherents, Horace Walpole has left the most graphic and therefore touching account that has been given; whilst he calls a 'rebellion on the defensive' a 'despicable affair.' Humane, he reverted with horror to the atrocities of General Hawley, 'the Chief ...
— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 2 • Grace & Philip Wharton

... the proposed visit to Pebbly Pit, and took a posse of men to follow the drunken miners to the Cliffs. Such a battle as ensued, beggars my weak description. The sheriff told us about it when we got home, but his language is not very graphic, nor is it thrilling, so we only heard the bare facts of ...
— Polly's Business Venture • Lillian Elizabeth Roy


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