graphic

graphic
    adj 1: written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols" [syn:
           {graphic}, {graphical}, {in writing(p)}]
    2: describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail;
       "graphic sexual scenes"
    3: of or relating to the graphic arts; "the etchings, drypoints,
       lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic
       work"- British Book News
    4: relating to or presented by a graph; "a graphic presentation
       of the data" [syn: {graphic}, {graphical}]
    5: evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry
       and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike
       portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: {graphic}, {lifelike},
       {pictorial}, {vivid}]
    n 1: an image that is generated by a computer [syn: {graphic},
         {computer graphic}]
    

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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expressed \expressed\ adj.
   1. Communicated in words.

   Syn: uttered, verbalized.
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   2. Precisely and clearly expressed, leaving nothing to
      implication. Opposite of {implicit}. [Narrower terms:
      {graphic}] Also See: {definite}, {denotative}, {denotive},
      {overt}, {open}, {unequivocal}, {unambiguous}.

   Syn: explicit, express.
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107 Moby Thesaurus words for "graphic":
      accurate, apish, autograph, autographic, calligraphic,
      chirographic, clear, clear-cut, cogent, compelling, convincing,
      cursive, definite, delineative, delineatory, depictive,
      descriptive, detailed, diagrammatic, distinct, drawn, echoic,
      embodying, engrossed, explicit, expositive, expressive, faithful,
      figurative, flowing, freehand, gory, graphoanalytic, graphologic,
      graphometric, holograph, holographic, ideographic, illustrational,
      illustrative, imaginative, imitative, in longhand, in shorthand,
      in writing, incarnating, incisive, inscribed, italic, italicized,
      lifelike, limning, longhand, lucid, manifest, manuscript,
      meaningful, mimetic, mimish, monochrome, naturalistic, on paper,
      onomatopoeic, painty, particular, pastose, penciled, penned,
      personifying, perspicuous, photographic, pictographic, pictorial,
      picturable, pictural, picturesque, plain, polychrome, portraying,
      precise, printed, realistic, representational, representative,
      representing, running, scenographic, scriptorial, scriptural,
      scumbled, shorthand, simulative, striking, stylographic,
      suggestive, symbolizing, telling, true to life, typifying,
      unambiguous, unmistakable, visible, visual, vivid, well-defined,
      well-drawn, written