graphicaladj.

/ˈɡrafɪkəl/

Etymology: < graphic adj. + -al suffix¹.

†1. Clearly traced. (Cf. graphic adj. 1) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > sharp or distinct

graphical1626

smart1644

sharp1675

vivid1690

briska1727

unblurred1809

vive1825

clear1835

shadeless1835

film-free1880

eidetic1924

crisp1937

deblurred1968

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §503 For as they grow, so the Letters [scratched on trees or fruit] will grow more large, and Graphicall.

2. = graphic adj. 2 †Also, skilled in drawing.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [adjective]

graphical1610

graphicc1756

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. i. 1 The Survey of Possessions..is the Arte by which their Graphicall Description is particularized.

1669 J. Flamsteed Let. 24 Nov. in Corr. (1995) I. 17 Some person indued with a celestial wit and a graphical hand not unemulous of it.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings II. v. ii. 195 All graphical representations of God the Father are to be disapproved.

1810 S. Smith Female Educ. in Wks. (1850) 177 The highest exertions of musical or graphical skill.

1828 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 347 He..is eager for all kinds of graphical illustrations, fac-similes, &c.

3. = graphic adj. 3. Now rare.

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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > describing vividly > graphic

pictured1561

graphical1644

graphic1669

picturesquea1734

vivid1837

pictorial1841

1644 J. Bulwer Chironomia Præludium sig. A7, in Chirologia The whole Nation of the Greekes were Comœdians: for..in graphicall assimilating and imitating the affections, there were few of any Nation could match them.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. x. 14) 33 See a graphical description of a like plague threatned. Joel 2. 4 [etc.].

1658 J. Robinson Endoxa 84 Every Line being a Graphical Pourtraict of Christ.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 9 Every part answered the graphical description which the Spaniards have given.

1825 T. Carlyle Life Schiller (ed. 2) iii. 162 ‘Wallenstein's Camp’..paints with much humour and graphical felicity the manners of that rude tumultuous host.

1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 53 One of the finest sketches which Mr. Crabbe's graphical pen ever produced.

absolute.1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 58 387 Such a sentiment..asks not the happinesses of humour, wit, fancy, of the graphical and the characteristic.

4. Of or pertaining to writing; consisting of letters. (Cf. graphic adj. 4) †graphical stone, graphic granite (see graphic adj. 4b).

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society > communication > writing > [adjective]

graphical1643

pennish1646

scriptorian1656

scriptorya1682

graphic1778

scriptorial1781

scriptural1827

drawn-out1847

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §2 The Finger of God hath left an Inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of Letters, but [etc.] .

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 322 The graphical stone of Portsoy must..be admitted to differ materially from that of Daouria.

1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church vi. 168 The Septuagint translation was made from a copy, which shared many graphical errors of our present Hebrew.

5. = graphic adj. 5 graphical method = ‘graphic method’. graphical statics: statics as studied by the ‘graphic method’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [adjective]

graphical1784

graphic1866

1784 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 144 If there is a possibility of drawing a graphical figure that represents nearly the orbit under consideration.

1801 J. Jones tr. T. Bugge Trav. French Republic xiv. 306 Lieutenant Maindon's graphical method of ascertaining the distance between the sun and moon.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 199 The graphical methods of geometry.

1863 E. Atkinson tr. A. Ganot Elem. Treat. Physics 187 Graphical methods of studying vibratory movements.

1878 J. J. Sylvester in Amer. Jrnl. Math. 1 73 Such a proposition ought to admit of graphical proof.

1886 G. Chrystal Algebra I. 1. 306 To obtain a graphical representation of the variation of the function f(x).

1890 Beare tr. Cremona Graphical Statics (title) Two Treatises on the Graphical Calculus and Reciprocal Figures in Graphical Statics.

1898 Perry Applied Mechanics 1 Teachers who spend most of the time on graphical statics, or the graphing of functions on squared paper.

Derivatives

ˈgraphicalness n.

ΚΠ

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) ; and in recent Dicts.

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graphical user interface n. Computing (a) an interface that allows a user to manipulate graphics on-screen (now rare); (b) an interface in which programs, files, data structures, commands, etc., are represented on screen by graphical symbols (such as icons, menu items, and windows) which can be manipulated or activated directly without the need to learn a command language (cf. WIMP n.³); abbreviated GUI.

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1981 Computer Graphics (N.Y.) 15 99 (title) A methodology for the specification of graphical user interface.

1982 Proc. Conf. Very Large Data Bases 22 (title) Graphical user interface for database exploration.

1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 8 iii. 16/2 [The] Graphical User Interface..wraps itself around DOS (MS-DOS 3.X or 4.X), and translates all the commands from obscure word and letter combinations and abbreviations to pictures and images.

2001 ECN Nov. 58/3 The Web browser is the most universally used graphical user interface (GUI) in the world and most importantly, it is free.

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graphical interface n. Computing = graphical user interface n. (b) at Additions.In quot. 1967 perhaps: the visual display of a computer.

ΚΠ

1967 IEEE Trans. Electronic Computers 16 773 (title) ‘Intergraphic’, a microprogrammed graphical-interface computer.

1983 InfoWorld (Nexis) 21 Nov. 32 The true meaning of Windows, Nikora said, was ‘complete device independence and a graphical interface for MS-DOS’.

1994 Internet World July 5/1 (advt.) A graphical interface that uses pull-down menus and point-and-click functionality for easy Internet navigation.

2008 C. Seibold Big Bk. Apple Hacks iv. 123 You can list, maintain, install, and update packages from this graphical interface.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	graphical
释义	graphicaladj. /ˈɡrafɪkəl/ Etymology: < graphic adj. + -al suffix¹. †1. Clearly traced. (Cf. graphic adj. 1) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > sharp or distinct graphical1626 smart1644 sharp1675 vivid1690 briska1727 unblurred1809 vive1825 clear1835 shadeless1835 film-free1880 eidetic1924 crisp1937 deblurred1968 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §503 For as they grow, so the Letters [scratched on trees or fruit] will grow more large, and Graphicall. 2. = graphic adj. 2 †Also, skilled in drawing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [adjective] graphical1610 graphicc1756 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. i. 1 The Survey of Possessions..is the Arte by which their Graphicall Description is particularized. 1669 J. Flamsteed Let. 24 Nov. in Corr. (1995) I. 17 Some person indued with a celestial wit and a graphical hand not unemulous of it. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings II. v. ii. 195 All graphical representations of God the Father are to be disapproved. 1810 S. Smith Female Educ. in Wks. (1850) 177 The highest exertions of musical or graphical skill. 1828 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 347 He..is eager for all kinds of graphical illustrations, fac-similes, &c. 3. = graphic adj. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > describing vividly > graphic pictured1561 graphical1644 graphic1669 picturesquea1734 vivid1837 pictorial1841 1644 J. Bulwer Chironomia Præludium sig. A7, in Chirologia The whole Nation of the Greekes were Comœdians: for..in graphicall assimilating and imitating the affections, there were few of any Nation could match them. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. x. 14) 33 See a graphical description of a like plague threatned. Joel 2. 4 [etc.]. 1658 J. Robinson Endoxa 84 Every Line being a Graphical Pourtraict of Christ. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 9 Every part answered the graphical description which the Spaniards have given. 1825 T. Carlyle Life Schiller (ed. 2) iii. 162 ‘Wallenstein's Camp’..paints with much humour and graphical felicity the manners of that rude tumultuous host. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 53 One of the finest sketches which Mr. Crabbe's graphical pen ever produced. absolute.1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 58 387 Such a sentiment..asks not the happinesses of humour, wit, fancy, of the graphical and the characteristic. 4. Of or pertaining to writing; consisting of letters. (Cf. graphic adj. 4) †graphical stone, graphic granite (see graphic adj. 4b). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [adjective] graphical1643 pennish1646 scriptorian1656 scriptorya1682 graphic1778 scriptorial1781 scriptural1827 drawn-out1847 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §2 The Finger of God hath left an Inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of Letters, but [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 322 The graphical stone of Portsoy must..be admitted to differ materially from that of Daouria. 1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church vi. 168 The Septuagint translation was made from a copy, which shared many graphical errors of our present Hebrew. 5. = graphic adj. 5 graphical method = ‘graphic method’. graphical statics: statics as studied by the ‘graphic method’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [adjective] graphical1784 graphic1866 1784 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 144 If there is a possibility of drawing a graphical figure that represents nearly the orbit under consideration. 1801 J. Jones tr. T. Bugge Trav. French Republic xiv. 306 Lieutenant Maindon's graphical method of ascertaining the distance between the sun and moon. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 199 The graphical methods of geometry. 1863 E. Atkinson tr. A. Ganot Elem. Treat. Physics 187 Graphical methods of studying vibratory movements. 1878 J. J. Sylvester in Amer. Jrnl. Math. 1 73 Such a proposition ought to admit of graphical proof. 1886 G. Chrystal Algebra I. 1. 306 To obtain a graphical representation of the variation of the function f(x). 1890 Beare tr. Cremona Graphical Statics (title) Two Treatises on the Graphical Calculus and Reciprocal Figures in Graphical Statics. 1898 Perry Applied Mechanics 1 Teachers who spend most of the time on graphical statics, or the graphing of functions on squared paper. Derivatives ˈgraphicalness n. ΚΠ 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) ; and in recent Dicts. Draft additions March 2003 graphical user interface n. Computing (a) an interface that allows a user to manipulate graphics on-screen (now rare); (b) an interface in which programs, files, data structures, commands, etc., are represented on screen by graphical symbols (such as icons, menu items, and windows) which can be manipulated or activated directly without the need to learn a command language (cf. WIMP n.³); abbreviated GUI. ΚΠ 1981 Computer Graphics (N.Y.) 15 99 (title) A methodology for the specification of graphical user interface. 1982 Proc. Conf. Very Large Data Bases 22 (title) Graphical user interface for database exploration. 1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 8 iii. 16/2 [The] Graphical User Interface..wraps itself around DOS (MS-DOS 3.X or 4.X), and translates all the commands from obscure word and letter combinations and abbreviations to pictures and images. 2001 ECN Nov. 58/3 The Web browser is the most universally used graphical user interface (GUI) in the world and most importantly, it is free. Draft additions April 2011 graphical interface n. Computing = graphical user interface n. (b) at Additions.In quot. 1967 perhaps: the visual display of a computer. ΚΠ 1967 IEEE Trans. Electronic Computers 16 773 (title) ‘Intergraphic’, a microprogrammed graphical-interface computer. 1983 InfoWorld (Nexis) 21 Nov. 32 The true meaning of Windows, Nikora said, was ‘complete device independence and a graphical interface for MS-DOS’. 1994 Internet World July 5/1 (advt.) A graphical interface that uses pull-down menus and point-and-click functionality for easy Internet navigation. 2008 C. Seibold Big Bk. Apple Hacks iv. 123 You can list, maintain, install, and update packages from this graphical interface. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -graphicalcomb. form < adj.1610 see also
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