photographic

[ foh-tuh-graf-ik ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to photography.

  2. used in, or produced by means of, photography: photographic equipment; the photographic coverage of a newspaper.

  1. suggestive of a photograph; extremely realistic and detailed: photographic accuracy.

  2. remembering, reproducing, or functioning with the precision of a photograph: a photographic memory.

Origin of photographic

1
First recorded in 1839; photograph + -ic
  • Sometimes pho·to·graph·i·cal .

Other words from photographic

  • pho·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • non·pho·to·graph·ic, adjective
  • non·pho·to·graph·i·cal, adjective
  • non·pho·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

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How to use photographic in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for photographic

photographic

/ (ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to photography: a photographic society; photographic materials

  2. like a photograph in accuracy or detail

  1. (of a person's memory) able to retain facts, appearances, etc, in precise detail, often after only a very short view of or exposure to them

Derived forms of photographic

  • photographically, adverb

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