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GRAPHICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The drawings and photographs in the layout of a book
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("graphics" is a kind of...):
graphic art (the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graphics"):
computer graphics (the pictorial representation and manipulation of data by a computer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
Example:
the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book
Synonyms:
art; artwork; graphics; nontextual matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("graphics" is a kind of...):
visual communication (communication that relies on vision)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graphics"):
illustration (artwork that helps make something clear or attractive)
drawing (an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper)
Holonyms ("graphics" is a part of...):
publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)
