{ Graph"ic (grăf"&ibreve;k), Graph"ic*al (-&ibreve;*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.
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 flat 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
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