GRAPHICAL
graphic, graphical, in writing
(adjective) written or drawn or engraved; “graphic symbols”
graphic, graphical
(adjective) relating to or presented by a graph; “a graphic presentation of the data”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
graphical (not comparable)
Of, related to, or shown on a graph.
(computing) Of, related to, or using graphics.
Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
Anagrams
• algraphic
Source: Wiktionary
Graph"ic, Graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. graphicus, Gr. graphique. See
Graft.]
1. Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing.
2. Of or pertaining to the art of writing.
3. Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not
graphical, or composed of letters. Sir T. Browne.
4. Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.
5. Having the faculty of, or characterized by, clear and impressive
description; vivid; as, a gruphic writer. Graphic algebra, a branch
of algebra in which, the properties of equations are treated by the
use of curves and straight lines.
– Graphic arts, a name given to those fine arts which pertain to
the representation on a fiat surface of natural objects; as
distinguished from music, etc., and also from sculpture.
– Graphic formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.
– Graphic granite. See under Granite.
– Graphic method, the method of scientific analysis or
investigation, in which the relations or laws involved in tabular
numbers are represented to the eye by means of curves or other
figures; as the daily changes of weather by means of curves, the
abscissas of which represent the hours of the day, and the ordinates
the corresponding degrees of temperature.
– Graphical statics (Math.), a branch of statics, in which the
magnitude, direction, and position of forces are represented by
straight lines -- Graphic tellurium. See Sylvanite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition