adj. & n.
--adj.
1. of or relating to the visual or descriptive arts, esp. writing and drawing.
2 vividly descriptive.
3 (of minerals) showing marks like writing on the surface or in a fracture.
4 GRAPHICAL.
--n. a product of the graphic arts (cf. GRAPHICS).
Phrases and idioms:
graphic arts the visual and technical arts involving design, writing, drawing, printing, etc. graphic equalizer a device for the separate control of the strength and quality of selected frequency bands.
Derivatives:
graphically adv. graphicness n.
Etymology: L graphicus f. Gk graphikos f. graphe writing