graphicacyn.

/ˈɡrafɪkəsi/

Etymology: < graphic adj. and n. + -acy suffix, after literacy, numeracy, etc.

Knowledge of or skill in the use of graphical information; the ability to produce or interpret diagrams, maps, tables, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > skill in the use of graphical information

graphicacy1965

1965 W. G. V. Balchin in Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Nov. 947/2 Graphicacy..is the communication of relationships that cannot be successfully communicated by words or mathematical notation alone.

1970 W. G. V. Balchin Geogr. iii. 28 Graphicacy is the educated skill that is developed from the visual-spatial ability of intelligence, as distinct from the verbal or numerical abilities.

1983 E. R. Tufte Visual Display of Quantitative Information i. 22 The 1546 edition of Cosmographia by Petrus Apianus contained examples of map design that show how very close European cartography of that time had come to approaching statistical graphicacy, even approaching the bivariate scatterplot.

1985 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 16/6 One firm dealing in control systems said: ‘The Arithmetic and Graphicacy papers will assist in our selection procedure.’

1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 1 June b26/5 To many, the graphicacy skills involved constitute a fundamental area of communication as significant as those of language and mathematics.

Derivatives

ˈgraphicate adj. /-ɪkət/ competent in the production or interpretation of graphical information.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > skill in the use of graphical information

graphicate1965

1965 W. G. V. Balchin in Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Nov. 947/2 Graphs, photographs, cartography, the graphic arts... The syllable ‘graph’ which is common to all these names for visual aids can be used as a root to coin the word ‘graphicate’ by analogy with literate, numerate and articulate.

1982 W. G. V. Balchin in Geography 67 251 Teachers of Geography in particular need OS maps as consumable items, to ensure that their pupils are graphicate as well as literate and numerate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	graphicacy
释义	graphicacyn. /ˈɡrafɪkəsi/ Etymology: < graphic adj. and n. + -acy suffix, after literacy, numeracy, etc. Knowledge of or skill in the use of graphical information; the ability to produce or interpret diagrams, maps, tables, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > skill in the use of graphical information graphicacy1965 1965 W. G. V. Balchin in Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Nov. 947/2 Graphicacy..is the communication of relationships that cannot be successfully communicated by words or mathematical notation alone. 1970 W. G. V. Balchin Geogr. iii. 28 Graphicacy is the educated skill that is developed from the visual-spatial ability of intelligence, as distinct from the verbal or numerical abilities. 1983 E. R. Tufte Visual Display of Quantitative Information i. 22 The 1546 edition of Cosmographia by Petrus Apianus contained examples of map design that show how very close European cartography of that time had come to approaching statistical graphicacy, even approaching the bivariate scatterplot. 1985 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 16/6 One firm dealing in control systems said: ‘The Arithmetic and Graphicacy papers will assist in our selection procedure.’ 1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 1 June b26/5 To many, the graphicacy skills involved constitute a fundamental area of communication as significant as those of language and mathematics. Derivatives ˈgraphicate adj. /-ɪkət/ competent in the production or interpretation of graphical information. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > skill in the use of graphical information graphicate1965 1965 W. G. V. Balchin in Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Nov. 947/2 Graphs, photographs, cartography, the graphic arts... The syllable ‘graph’ which is common to all these names for visual aids can be used as a root to coin the word ‘graphicate’ by analogy with literate, numerate and articulate. 1982 W. G. V. Balchin in Geography 67 251 Teachers of Geography in particular need OS maps as consumable items, to ensure that their pupils are graphicate as well as literate and numerate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1965
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