photographic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to photography.
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used in, or produced by means of, photography.
photographic equipment; the photographic coverage of a newspaper.
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suggestive of a photograph; extremely realistic and detailed.
photographic accuracy.
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remembering, reproducing, or functioning with the precision of a photograph.
a photographic memory.
adjective
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of or relating to photography
a photographic society
photographic materials
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like a photograph in accuracy or detail
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(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
Etymology
Origin of photographic
First recorded in 1839; photograph + -ic
Vocabulary lists containing photographic
Example Sentences
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According to Cottrill, the group pushed for repeated aesthetic changes to make Trump appear slimmer and more idealized than the photographic references he was initially using.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Gray is known for his layered photographic compositions, including his recent piece “Octavia’s Gaze,” a commission for LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
It is positioned before a photographic backdrop of a fortress that overlooks lush, hilly terrain and coastal waters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
And Shane Keisuke Berkery addresses his Irish-Japanese heritage with a painting that collages exaggerated images drawn from westerns, Irish photographic history, and his own family’s snapshots.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
How and Bakewell waded through the icy water that flooded the belowdecks cabins and brought out an important treasure from the darkroom: Frank Hurley’s box of glass photographic plates.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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