- of or relating to photography
- 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
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pho•to•graph•ic /ˌfoʊtəˈgræfɪk/USA pronunciation
adj. [before a noun]remembering as accurately as if one had a photograph before oneself:a photographic memory.
pho•to•graph•i•cal•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- of or relating to photography:her photographic equipment: lights, cameras, film.
pho•to•graph•ic
(fō′tə graf′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
pho′to•graph′i•cal•ly, adv.
- Photographyof or pertaining to photography.
- Photographyused 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.
- photograph + -ic 1839
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photographic /ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk/, photographical /ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪkəl/ adj
'photographic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Archer
- ASA/BS
- blueprint
- Brandt
- bromide paper
- collodion
- contact print
- contrast
- daguerreotype
- definition
- dense
- desensitize
- DIN
- double exposure
- Eastman
- enlarge
- enlargement
- enlarger
- enprint
- expose
- exposure
- false colour
- film
- filmsetting
- film speed
- Frank
- gamma
- gelatine
- grain
- hologram
- hydroquinone
- hypo
- hyposulphite
- intensifier
- intensify
- lantern slide
- latent image
- light box
- magnitude
- mask
- metol
- Muybridge
- negative
- overtime
- pentyl acetate
- photostat
- photo-
- photocomposition
- photocopy
- photocopier