English Dictionary: graphical | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Radiography \Ra`di*og"ra*phy\, n. Art or process of making radiographs. -- {Ra`di*o*graph"ic}, {*graph"ic*al}, a. -- {Ra`di*o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
-graph \-graph\ (-gr[adot]f) [From Gr. gra`fein to write. See {Graphic}.] A suffix signifying something written, a writing; also, a writer; as autograph, crystograph, telegraph, photograph. Graphic \Graph"ic\ (gr[acr]f"[icr]k), Graphical \Graph"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), 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. 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. --Sir T. Browne. 4. Well delineated; clearly and vividly described. 5. Having the faculty of, or characterized by, clear and impressive description; vivid; as, a graphic writer. {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}.> |