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). 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. graphically adv. graphicness n.
[ L graphicus f. Gk graphikos f. graphe writing ]