Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Graphics \Graph"ics\, n.
The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according
to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the
like.
[1913 Webster]
graphics
n 1: photographs or other visual representations in a printed
publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the
artwork in the book" [syn: artwork, art, nontextualmatter]
2: the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book