| 1. | (used with a singular verb ) the art of drawing, esp. as used in mathematics, engineering, etc. |
| 2. | (used with a plural verb ) graphic arts (def. 1). |
| 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. | (used with a singular or plural verb ) Computers. computer graphics. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 10. | a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print. |
| 11. | a computer-generated image. |
| 1. | Also called graphics. the arts or techniques, as engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut, lithography, and other methods, by which copies of an original design are printed from a plate, block, or the like. |
| 2. | the arts of drawing, painting, and printmaking. |

| graphic arts pl.n.
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graph·ics (grāf'ĭks) n.
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| 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. |