photographic

Sometimes pho·to·graph·i·cal

[foh-tuh-graf-ik]

adjective

1. of or relating to photography.

2. used in, or produced by means of, photography.

   photographic equipment; the photographic coverage of a newspaper.

3. suggestive of a photograph; extremely realistic and detailed.

   photographic accuracy.

4. remembering, reproducing, or functioning with the precision of a photograph.

   a photographic memory.

photographic

/ ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to photography

   a photographic society

   photographic materials

2. like a photograph in accuracy or detail

3. (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

Other Word Forms

• photographically adverb
• nonphotographic adjective
• nonphotographical adjective
• nonphotographically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of photographic¹

First recorded in 1839; photograph + -ic

Example Sentences

Or France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron, who is planning to present photographic and scientific evidence that she was born female in court after months of rightwing influencer Candace Owens claiming that she was born male.

From Salon

The Glasgow tree narrowly beat the King of Limbs Oak that inspired a Radiohead album, and the photographic Lonely Tree, which sits on the edge of the Llyn Padarn lake in North Wales.

From BBC

What’s left is a spectral scene, ghosted by the limitations of old black-and-white photographic technology and further heightened by the uneven glow generated by the camera’s flashbulb.

From Los Angeles Times

In June 2016, the museum debuted its first special exhibition, “Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life,” which featured 120 self-portraits pulled from the Broad’s collection, the world’s largest holdings of Sherman’s photographic oeuvre.

From Los Angeles Times

Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman.

From BBC

Related Words

• cinematic 
• pictorial 
• visual 
• vivid