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graphical

graphical

11 4.0
Images or drawings used to show information
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡræfɪkəl/
translation icon : gráfico
  • The vast majority of users naturally prefer a graphical browser such as Netscape or Mosaic.
  • graphical interface
  • graphical user
  • graphical editor

So graphical content gets more complicated.

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Examples

  • I'm going to show you a couple of different graphical illustrations of this and why you should salt your food to taste.

  • But mostly what we're doing here in this graphical arrangement is to create connections between these objects.

  • Is the best method OK to combine a graphical representation with some words?

  • A logical extension of this practice is to include discussion of graphical elements.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Using this model might allow insight into how people cognitively process graphical information.

    Academic text (2002)
  • "Students who know how to decode and interpret graphical elements have a distinct advantage over those who do not."

    Academic text (2013)
  • Software developers regularly update graphical user interfaces and enhance their data capture capabilities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In fact, players of graphical adventure games are actively enjoined to explore, circulate, and browse.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The company pitches its software as easy for engineers to use because LabView's graphical interface resembles an engineering flow chart.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The software provides a graphical interface that allows users to easily navigate through its features.

Synonyms

graphic
vsgraphical
151 3.7

Relating to pictures or charts that show information

includes written and drawn forms as well as visual materials
pictorial
vsgraphical
  • Literature
4 6.1

That gives a clear picture in the mind with vivid words

refers to actual visual or drawn representation rather than vivid description

Compounds

2 4.0

A screen with pictures and icons that you click to use a computer

graphical record
  • Specialized
4.1

A chart that shows numbers or data so you can see trends

graphical recording
  • Specialized
4.0

A picture that shows how numbers relate using points or lines on two lines called axes

How Visual

pictorial
4 4.9
graphical
11 4.0
written
1.0

Surface Forms

graphical positive

Morphology

graphical = graphic (transparent) = graphic + al

The adjective is a straightforward derivation from 'graphic' with the suffix '-al', preserving the visual/representational sense.

Etymology

Graphical comes from an old Greek root graph- meaning 'to write' or 'to draw', the same root in photograph and graphic. So when something is graphical it is made as a picture or drawing, which is why we use the word for images, symbols, and visual style.