GRAPHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does graphic mean? 

• GRAPHIC (noun)
  The noun GRAPHIC has 1 sense:

1. an image that is generated by a computer

  Familiarity information: GRAPHIC used as a noun is very rare.

• GRAPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective GRAPHIC has 5 senses:

1. written or drawn or engraved

2. describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail

3. of or relating to the graphic arts

4. relating to or presented by a graph

5. evoking lifelike images within the mind

  Familiarity information: GRAPHIC used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAPHIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An image that is generated by a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

computer graphic; graphic

Hypernyms ("graphic" is a kind of...):

icon; ikon; image; picture (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface)

• GRAPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Written or drawn or engraved

Synonyms:

graphic; graphical; in writing

Context example:

graphic symbols

Similar:

written (set down in writing in any of various ways)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail

Context example:

graphic sexual scenes

Similar:

explicit; expressed (precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or relating to the graphic arts

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic work

Pertainym:

graphics (the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Relating to or presented by a graph

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

graphic; graphical

Context example:

a graphic presentation of the data

Pertainym:

graph (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Evoking lifelike images within the mind

Synonyms:

graphic; lifelike; pictorial; vivid

Context example:

a vivid description

Similar:

realistic (aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are)

 Context examples 

A machine which scans and transmits via telephone, fixed graphic material including pictures, text, or images.

(Facsimile Machine, NCI Thesaurus)

Includes scalable high performance computers, high end graphic systems, and high speed networks.

(High Performance Computing, NCI Thesaurus)

Any written, printed, or graphic matter upon a device to identify its nature, ownership, or other characteristic particulars of the device.

(Label Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The creation of a two-dimensional graphic representation of an area or structure, showing the relative position of features or characteristics.

(Mapping, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure that uses ultrasonic waves directed over the chest wall to obtain a graphic record of the heart's position, motion of the walls, or internal parts such as the valves.

(Echocardiography, NCI Dictionary)

A microprocessor specifically designed for processing 3D graphics data.

(Graphics Processing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

An object that includes binary encoding of a picture, photo, image, graphic, sound, or video.

(Binary Object, NCI Thesaurus)

Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures.

(Molecular Model, NCI Thesaurus)

A graphic record of the softest sounds that a person can hear at various frequencies, used to measure hearing loss.

(Audiogram, NCI Thesaurus)

Materials, frequently computer applications, that combine some or all of text, sound, graphics, animation, and video into integrated packages.

(Multimedia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)