graphics

English

Alternative forms

• graphix (informal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæfɪks/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æfɪks

Noun

graphics sg or pl

1. (singular) The making of architectural or design drawings.
2. (singular) The graphic arts.
3. (singular, computing) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data.
4. (plural, computing) The art or visual representations displayed by a computer.

   This game is really fun, but the graphics aren't very good.

Derived terms

• accelerated graphics port
• audiographics
• autographics
• computer graphics
• cybergraphics
• geographics
• graphics adapter
• graphics calculator
• graphics card
• graphics engine
• graphics processing unit
• graphics tablet
• graphics whore
• micrographics
• nongraphics
• pseudographics
• raster graphics
• reprographics
• semigraphics
• supergraphics
• turtle graphics
• vector graphics

Related terms

• graph
• graphic
• graphical

Translations

the making of architectural or engineering drawings

• Finnish: piirtäminen (fi)
• Indonesian: grafika (id)
• Irish: grafaíocht f, grafaic f
• Malay: grafik
• Russian: проекти́рование (ru) n (projektírovanije), черче́ние (ru) n (čerčénije)

the graphic arts

• Belarusian: гра́фіка f (hráfika)
• Bulgarian: гра́фика (bg) f (gráfika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圖學 / 图学 (túxué)

• Danish: grafik c
• Finnish: grafiikka (fi)
• German: Grafik (de) f
• Japanese: グラフィック (ja) (gurafikku)
• Korean: 그래픽 (ko) (geuraepik), 제도법 (jedobeop)
• Māori: whakanikoniko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grafikk m

  Nynorsk: grafikk m

• Russian: гра́фика (ru) f (gráfika)
• Swedish: grafik (sv) c
• Ukrainian: гра́фіка f (hráfika)

pictorial representation and manipulation of data

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圖形 / 图形 (zh) (túxíng), 圖像 / 图像 (zh) (túxiàng)

• Cornish: grafek f
• Czech: grafika (cs) f
• Danish: grafik c
• Esperanto: grafiko
• Finnish: grafiikka (fi)
• French: graphisme (fr) m
• German: Grafik (de) f
• Greek: γραφικά (el) n (grafiká)
• Icelandic: grafík (is) f
• Ido: grafiko (io)
• Irish: grafaic f
• Italian: grafica (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grafikk m

  Nynorsk: grafikk m

• Russian: гра́фика (ru) f (gráfika)
• Swedish: grafik (sv) c
• Welsh: graffeg (cy) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} graphiques (fr)

Noun

graphics

1. plural of graphic