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diagraphic, a.|daɪəˈgræfɪk| [f. Gr. διαγράϕ-ειν to mark out by lines, διαγραϕή marking out by lines, geometrical figure, diagram + -ic, after Gr. γραϕικός.] Of or pertaining to drawing or graphic representation. Hence also diaˈgraphical a. Obs., in same sense. diaˈgraphics, the art of drawing.
[1601Holland Pliny II. 537 The art Diagraphice, that is to say, the skill to draw and paint in box-tables.] 1623Cockeram, Diagraffical art, the art of painting, or caruing. 1656Blount Glossogr., Diagraphick Art, the art of painting or graving. 1801Fuseli in Lect. Paint. i. (1848) 353 The diagraphic process..is the very same with the linear one we have described. |