photographic
[foh-tuh-graf-ik]
- 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.
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Sometimes pho·to·graph·i·cal.
Origin of photographic
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His delineations are photographical exactness without retouch, bearing always a strong reflection of his personality.
On the SeaboardAugust Strindberg
His astronomical investigations were principally of a photographical character.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
photographic
- 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
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Word Origin and History for photographical
photographic
adj.
1839, from photograph + -ic. Photographic memory is from 1940. Related: Photographical; photographically.
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