Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a.
   Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling,
   graphite.

   {Graphitic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because
      obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called
      {mellitic acid}.

   {Graphitic carbon}, in iron or steel, that portion of the
      carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond.