pho·to·graph·ic

[foh-tuh-graf-ik]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining 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.
Also, pho·to·graph·i·cal.


Origin:
1839; photograph + -ic

pho·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·pho·to·graph·ic, adjective
non·pho·to·graph·i·cal, adjective
non·pho·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
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photographic (ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
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
 
photo'graphically
 
adv

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We report what is believed to be the first photographic recording of a
  quaternary rainbow in nature.
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  progression of photographic technology.
Programmes about supernatural experiences and photographic phantasms abound on
  television.
He was out in the open re his photographic preferences.
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