■ adjective
1》 relating to visual art, especially involving drawing, engraving, or lettering.
↘ Computing relating to or denoting a visual image.
2》 giving vividly explicit detail.
3》 of or in the form of a graph.
4》 Geology of or denoting rocks having a surface texture resembling cuneiform writing.
■ noun Computing a ~al item displayed on a screen or stored as data.
Derivatives
~ness noun
Origin
C17: via L. from Gk graphikos , from graphē 'writing, drawing'.