graphical formula [¦graf·ǝ·kǝl `fȯr·myǝ·lǝ] CHEMISTRY A chemical formula that suggests a three- dimensional representation of the structure of a molecule by rendering chemical bonds within the plane of the paper as straight lines, those above the plane of the paper as wedge-shaped bonds, and those below the plane of the paper either as broken lines or broken-line wedges. |