photographic
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.
Origin of photographic
1- Sometimes pho·to·graph·i·cal .
Other words from photographic
- 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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How to use photographic in a sentence
His astronomical investigations were principally of a photographical character.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883 | The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific CircleHis delineations are photographical exactness without retouch, bearing always a strong reflection of his personality.
On the Seaboard | August Strindberg
British Dictionary definitions for photographic
/ (ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk) /
of or relating to photography: a 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 forms of photographic
- photographically, adverb
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