photographic Definition
photo·graphic (fōt′ə graf′ik)
adjective
- of or like a photograph or photography
- used in or made by photography
- retaining or recalling in precise detail a photographic memory
photographic Related Forms
pho′to·graph′i·cally adverb
photographic Synonyms
photographic Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- studio: His daughter Elsie set up a photographic studio in Henry street, St. John's.
- portrait: Includes a black and white photographic portrait of Denton Welch in 1937.
- exhibition: THE Sugar Store Gallery, at Kendal's Brewery Arts Center, is hosting a candid photographic exhibition of life at Private Eye magazine.
- illustration: A split between text and black and white photographic illustrations.
- reproduction: Line drawings must be in a form suitable for direct photographic reproduction.
- archive: She has assembled a substantial photographic archive on the subject.
Modifying Another Word
- predominantly: I have not received so much news this week and so the operator reports are predominantly photographic in nature.
- not: On the ships said quot not photographic plate a united states.
- also: He advised strongly against a " citizens " arrest and also photographic evidence.
- purely: Northern Ireland's only purely photographic gallery space is situated here in Belfast.
Preposition: in
nature: I have not received so much news this week and so the operator reports are predominantly photographic in nature.
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