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
Like an image emerging from an old photographic negative, the long-buried truth surfaces gradually.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
He also had a photographic memory, which came in very useful for his later detective work around the thefts.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
With the aural equivalent of a photographic memory, she advised financial companies on regulatory and public-policy issues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Computers spent their lives studying photographic plates of stars and making computations–hence the name.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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