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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: -graph \-graph\ (-gr[.a]f) [From 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}.> From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: graph n : a drawing illustrating the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes [syn: {graphical record}] v 1: represent by means of a graph 2: plot upon a graph From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: graph 1.A collection of {nodes} and {edges}. See also {connected graph}, {degree}, {directed graph}, {Moore bound}, {regular graph}, {tree}. 2. A visual representation of algebraic equations or data. (1996-09-22)
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