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Definition of Graphics

1. Noun. Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication. "The publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

Definition of Graphics

1. n. The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

Definition of Graphics

1. Noun. The making of architectural or engineering drawings. ¹

2. Noun. The graphic arts. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Graphics

1. graphic [n] - See also: graphic

Medical Definition of Graphics

1. The art or the science of drawing; especially. Of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Graphics

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1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"They are not necessarily curves, so this latter word may thus be given a more restricted and suitable use. As part of the wider science of graphics the ..."

2. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"... NJ Started dept. of graphics In John C. Green School of Science, Princeton, Dec., 1880; professorship created, 1883; mem. Am. Soc. Mech. ..."

3. Mechanics: A Textbook for Engineers by James Ellsworth Boyd (1921)
"... CHAPTER VII graphics OF NON-CONCURRENT FORCES 76. Resultant of Parallel Forces.—In Art. 55, a method was given for finding the resultant of parallel ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... graphical method of velocity diagrams devised by RH Smith (Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1885) and now in general use. Consult also his 'graphics' (1889) ..."

5. An Introduction to the Graphic Language: The Vocabulary, Grammatical by Gardner Chace Anthony (1922)
"This language is graphics, or what is commonly called drawing. 2. Graphic Language. — The term drawing bears the same relation to graphics that penmanship ..."

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