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.

isographic, isographical

Referring to the imitation of another person’s handwriting.

isography

1. Imitation of another’s handwriting.
2. Reproducing the same penmanship of someone else.

isokeraunographic

Designating areas over which the keraunographic records of thudnerstorm phenomena are the same or similar.

isometrograph

An instrument for tracing parallel lines at exactly equal distances.

kalotypography

Beautiful printing.

kamagraphy

A process for making copies of original paintings, using a special press and treated canvas, which reproduces exactly the colour and texture of the brushstrokes.

kapnography, kapnograph

Name for a mode of producing designs or pictures on a smoked surface of glass, etc.

kinematograph

An apparatus for showing motion-picture films.

kinematographic, kinematographically

A reference to the art, or science, of motion-picture photography.

kinematography

A contrivance by which a series of instantaneous photographs taken in rapid succession can be projected on a screen with similar rapidity, so as to give a life-like reproduction of the original moving scene.

kineograph

A picture representing objects in motion, produced by bringing separate pictures before the eye in such quick succession as to blend the images into one continuous impression.

kinetocardiography

The graphic recording of the slow vibrations of the anterior chest wall in the region of the heart, representing the absolute motion at a given point on the chest.

kinetograph

An early type of motion picture camera.

kinetographic

A reference to an early type of motion picture camera.

kymocyclograph

A device for recording the oscillations of an aircraft in flight.

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