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Graph : (noun)
1: a drawing illustrating the relations between certain
quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes [syn:
graphical record]
(verb)
1: represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" [syn: chart]
2: plot upon a graph
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Graph : \Graph\, n. [See -graph.] (Math.)
1. A curve or surface, the locus of a point whose
co["o]rdinates are the variables in the equation of the
locus.
2. A diagram symbolizing a system of interrelations by spots,
all distinguishable from one another and some connected by
lines of the same kind.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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-graph \-graph\ (-gr[.a]f) [Based on Gr. gra`fein to write. See
Graphic.] A suffix signifying something written, a writing;
also, a writer; as autograph, crystograph, telegraph,
photograph. Graphic \Graph"ic\ (gr[a^]f"[i^]k), Graphical
\Graph"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. graphicus, Gr. grafiko`s, fr.
gra`fein to write; cf. F. 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 graphic 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.>
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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