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

Earlier this year the Macrons' lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, told the BBC the couple would present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman.

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One person was asked to provide photographic evidence, another was spoken to in person, while a third who had provided a DNA sample independently had their sequence compared to Madeleine's.

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Also among the more engaging works are two well-known photographic excursions into the landscape.

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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.

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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.

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Related Words

• cinematic 
• pictorial 
• visual 
• vivid