Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a. Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. [1913 Webster] {Graphitic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called {mellitic acid}. {Graphitic carbon}, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond. Graphitoid