graphics
- 1The visual images and art that a computer produces and displays on a screen.
The studio upgraded its hardware to render more detailed graphics.
Modern games rely on powerful chips to handle complex graphics.
Note
Players and reviewers judge a game by these: the pictures a machine computes frame by frame and puts on the display. In this use the word takes a plural verb, so you say the graphics aren't very good, not "isn't", because the speaker has the many images in mind. Compare the discipline of picturing data, which names a single field rather than what you see.
- 2The display and handling of data as pictures, charts, or other images, especially by computer.
Graphics transforms raw measurements into charts, plots, and three-dimensional models.
Engineers use graphics to visualize stress patterns across a bridge.
Similarvisualization
Note
In computing, graphics names a whole field: the work of turning numbers, measurements and coordinates into pictures a person can read at a glance. The output takes two basic shapes. Raster images are built from a grid of pixels, while vector images are built from lines and shapes described mathematically. The images themselves belong to what appears on the screen; this sense is the method behind them.
- 3The visual arts concerned with drawing, design, and printmaking on flat surfaces.
The museum's collection of graphics includes etchings and woodcuts from the Renaissance.
He teaches graphics, focusing on engraving and lithography.
Similarprintmaking
- 4The production of architectural plans and design drawings.
The firm's graphics specified every dimension of the bridge before construction began.
Skilled graphics translate a designer's concept into precise, buildable drawings.
Similardrafting, draftsmanship
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