Etymology From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω (gráphō, “scratch, carve”) (cognate with English carve).
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Drawn, pictorial.
The design team has created a new graphic language for the promotional material of this campaign.
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Explicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
We are not publishing these images because of the graphic nature of the content.
In the bodycam footage he is heard using graphic language to berate her.
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Relating to or reminiscent of graphic arts.
That practice started on a 2018 visit to Ethiopia, where he encountered Jimma thrones, hewn from a single piece of wood with graphic cutouts.2026 May 23, Hannah Martin, “Grab a Chair”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 24:
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Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.
Etymology From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω (gráphō, “scratch, carve”) (cognate with English carve).
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A drawing or picture.
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A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.