photographic

[foh-tuh-graf-ik]

adjective

of or relating to photography.
used in, or produced by means of, photography: photographic equipment; the photographic coverage of a newspaper.
suggestive of a photograph; extremely realistic and detailed: photographic accuracy.

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

Sometimes pho·to·graph·i·cal.

Origin of photographic

First recorded in 1839; photograph + -ic

Related formspho·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·pho·to·graph·ic, adjectivenon·pho·to·graph·i·cal, adjectivenon·pho·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for photographical

Historical Examples of photographical

His delineations are photographical exactness without retouch, bearing always a strong reflection of his personality.
On the Seaboard
August Strindberg
His astronomical investigations were principally of a photographical character.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883
The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle

British Dictionary definitions for photographical

photographic

adjective

of or relating to photographya photographic society; photographic materials
like a photograph in accuracy or detail
(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 Formsphotographically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for photographical

photographic

adj.

1839, from photograph + -ic. Photographic memory is from 1940. Related: Photographical; photographically.