graphics
Use Graphics in a sentence
Ads
Graphics Design Online www.fullsail.edu/ Where can your Art take you? Full Sail Art & Design Degrees.
Native American Culture www.chickasaw.tv/ Learn about the remarkable past of Chickasaw people.
ɪks noun
1.
( used with a singular verb ) the art of drawing, especially as used in mathematics, engineering, etc.
2.
3.
( used with a plural verb ) Movies, Television. the titles, credits, subtitles, announcements, etc., shown on the screen before, or as part of, a film or television program.
4.
( used with a singular verb ) the science of calculating by diagrams.
5.
adjective
6.
Computers. pertaining to pictorial information displayed, plotted, or printed by a computer: When you draw a picture on a graphics tablet the computer displays the same picture on the screen.
00:10
Graphics
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
adjective Also, graph·i·cal.
1.
giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
2.
pertaining to the use of diagrams, graphs, mathematical curves, or the like; diagrammatic.
3.
of, pertaining to, or expressed by writing: graphic symbols.
4.
written, inscribed, or drawn.
5.
depicted in a realistic or vivid manner: graphic sex and violence.
6.
containing graphic descriptions: a graphic movie.
7.
Geology. (of a rock) having a texture formed by the intergrowth of certain minerals so as to resemble written characters.
8.
Mathematics. pertaining to the determination of values, solution of problems, etc., by direct measurement on diagrams instead of by ordinary calculations.
9.
of or pertaining to the graphic arts.
Origin:
1630–40; < Latin graphicus of painting or drawing < Greek graphikós able to draw or paint, equivalent to gráph(ein) to draw, write + -ikos -ic; cognate with carve
1630–40; < Latin graphicus of painting or drawing < Greek graphikós able to draw or paint, equivalent to gráph(ein) to draw, write + -ikos -ic; cognate with carve
Related forms
graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
graph·i·cal·ness, graph·ic·ness, noun
non·graph·ic, adjective
non·graph·i·cal, adjective
non·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·graph·i·cal·ness, noun
un·graph·ic, adjective
un·graph·i·cal, adjective
un·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To graphics
Collins
World English Dictionary
graphic or graphical (ˈɡræfɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | vividly or clearly described: a graphic account of the disaster |
| 2. | sexually explicit |
| 3. | of or relating to writing or other inscribed representations: graphic symbols |
| 4. | maths using, relating to, or determined by a graph: a graphic representation of the figures |
| 5. | of or relating to the graphic arts |
| 6. | geology having or denoting a texture formed by intergrowth of the crystals to resemble writing: graphic granite |
| [C17: from Latin graphicus, from Greek graphikos, from graphein to write; see | |
| graphical or graphical | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Latin graphicus, from Greek graphikos, from graphein to write; see | |
| 'graphically or graphical | |
| —adv | |
| 'graphicly or graphical | |
| —adv | |
| 'graphicalness or graphical | |
| —n | |
| 'graphicness or graphical | |
| —n | |
| graphics (ˈɡræfɪks) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (functioning as singular) the process or art of drawing in accordance with mathematical principles |
| 2. | (functioning as singular) the study of writing systems |
| 3. | (functioning as plural) the drawings, photographs, etc, in the layout of a magazine or book, or in a television or film production |
| 4. | (functioning as plural) the information displayed on a visual display unit or on a computer printout in the form of diagrams, graphs, pictures, and symbols |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
graphic
1610, "traced" (implied in graphical), from L. graphicus "picturesque," from Gk. graphikos "of or for writing, belonging to drawing, picturesque," from graphe "writing, drawing," from graphein "write," originally "to scratch" on clay tablets with a stylus. Meaning "of or pertaining to drawing" is from
1756; that of "vivid" is from 1669, on the notion of words that produce the effect of a picture.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| graphics (grāf'ĭks) Pronunciation Key
The representation of data in a way that includes images in addition to or instead of text. Computer-aided design, typesetting, and video games, for example, involve the use of graphics. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
graphics definition
graphicsAny kind of visible output including text, images, movies, line art and digital photographs; stored in bitmap or vector graphic form.
Most modern computers can display non-text data and most use a graphical user interface (GUI) for virtually all interaction with the user. Special hardware, typically some kind of graphics adaptor, is required to allow the computer to display graphics (as opposed to, say, printing text on a teletype) but since GUIs became ubiquitous this has become the default form of visual output. The most demanding applications for computer graphics are those where the computer actually generates moving images in real time, especially in video games.
There are many kinds of software devoted to manipulating graphical data, including image editing (e.g. Photoshop), drawing (e.g. Illustrator), user interface toolkits (e.g. X Window System), CAD, CGI.
(2009-06-24)
Example sentences
There was a time when even the best computer graphics available were lousy.
The best thing about the daily charts are the ridiculous graphics behind them.
Computer graphics are being used more and more in television, and two fall series are unabashed in its use.
Translate dry population statistics into vivid graphics.
Matching Quote
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
