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.
lignography
Wood engraving.
limnograph
An apparatus for automatically recording the variations of levels in a lake.
limnography
1. The scientific study of bodies of fresh water and the descriptions of their biota.
2. Recordings of the variations of water levels in lakes, rivers, and streams.
lipographic
1. A reference to the unintentional omissions in writing, as of specific letters or syllables.
2. Relating to the avoidance of a certain letter or syllable in a text.
lipography
1. Unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
2. The inadvertent omission of a letter, syllable, etc. in writing.
lithograph
1. A duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern.
2. A print produced by lithography.
lithographic
A reference to a printing process using a plate on which only the image to be printed takes up ink.
The area that is not to be printed is treated to repel ink.
lithography
1. A description of stones or rocks.
2. The art of engraving on precious stones.
3. The art or process of making a drawing, design, or writing on a special kind of stone (called
lithographic stone), so that impressions in ink can be taken from it.
Also, a planographic printing process using metal or plastic plates with a sensitized coating on which the matter to be printed is fixed chemically, before the non-printing areas of the plates are dampenedd and the remainder printed with greasy inks on flat-bed or cylinder presses.
lithostratigraphic
1. A reference to stratigraphy which is based on the physical and petrographic properties of rocks.
2. Relating to a written interpretation of the physical characteristics of sedimentary rocks.
lithostratigraphy
1. Stratigraphy based on the physical and petrographic properties or categorization of rock strata based on their lithology (color, texture, and composition).
2. A written interpretation of the physical characteristics of sedimentary rocks.
3. The study and correlation of strata to elucidate earth history on the basis of their lithology, or mineral content, grain size, texture, and color of rocks.
logagraphia
1. The inability to express ideas in writing.
2. The loss of power to express thoughts by means of spoken words as a result of a disease or injury of certain brain centers.
logogram, logograph
A symbol that represents the meaning of a whole word or phrase; that is, the symbols used in shorthand or the symbols: $, #, &, %, £, ¶, ©, etc.
logographer
1. A story writer: short-story, novelist, etc.
2. A writer of spoken language in longhand as opposed to shorthand.
3. A prose writer in ancient Greece.
logography
1. The art of arranging letters for printing.
2. A method of printing in which whole words, or syllables, are cast as single types.
3. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand; for example, a number of reporters, each in succession, take down three or four words.
loxodograph
A device for recording ship's oblique course or to record a ship's travels.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.