grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia +

(Greek: to scratch; to write, to record, to draw, to describe; that which is written or described)

As indicated at the bottom of this page, there are at least 1,140 graphic word groups in this unit. Such an extensive listing is provided to show how significant the grapho- element is to the English language.


choreographed
Skilled and combined movements of dances which have been planned or performed.
choreographer, choreographist
Someone who plans and produces dance presentations.
choreographers
People who perform movements; such as, dancers performing in a ballet or those who plan such movements.
choreographic
1. A reference to the composition and arrangement of dances especially for ballet.
2. Characterized by the art of composing ballets and other dances and planning and arranging the movements, steps, and patterns of dancers.
choreography
1. The work or skill of planning dance movements to accompany music.
2. The steps and movements planned for a ballet or dance routine, or a written record of them.
3. The carefully planned or executed organization of an event, or the maneuvering of people or things.
chorographer
Someone who describes, or delineates, a particular country or district.
chorography
The art or practice of describing, or of delineating on a map or chart, particular regions, or districts; as distinguished from geography, taken as dealing with the earth in general, and (less distinctly) from topography, which deals with particular places, as towns, etc.
chromatography, chromograph
1. A method of finding out which components a gaseous or liquid mixture contains that involves passing it through or over something that absorbs the different components at different rates.

The mixture of materials to be separated is percolated through a column or sheet of some suitable chosen absorbent (for example, an ion-exchange material); the substances least absorbed are least retarded and emerge the earliest; those more strongly absorbed emerge later.

2. The separation of chemical substances and particles (originally plant pigments and other highly colored compounds) by differential movement through a two-phase system.
chromolithograph
1. A colored picture produced by making and superimposing multiple lithographs, each of which adds a different color.
2. A picture printed in colors from stone.
chromolithography
The art or process of printing color pictures from a series of stone or zinc plates by lithography.
chromoxylograph
A picture in colors from wooden blocks.
chromoxylography
Printing in colors from wooden blocks.
chronocyclegraph
A cyclographic time-and-motion study in which the light level varies to permit computation of the speed and direction of body motions.
chronograph
1. An instrument for recording time with extreme exactness; also, a watch or clock to which various mechanical devices are attached for the same purpose. It is used in astronomical and other observations, in the timing of races, etc.
2. An instrument for graphic measurement and recording brief periods of time.
3. A highly precise instrument that measures, indicates, and records the elapsed time of an event.
4. A precise time-keeper used for navigational purposes.
5. A highly precise instrument that shows or graphically records time intervals as the duration of an event.
chronographer
Someone who writes concerning time or the events of time; a chronologer.

Related "writing" word units: glypto-; gram-; scrib-, script-.


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