photographic

«photographic» in Mova's school dictionary: to do with photographs or photography — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (photographic)

meaning for a pupil

1) Photographic means to do with photographs or photography. tree →

2) A photographic memory lets someone remember things in great detail, like a picture. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: photographic equipment, photographic film, photographic studios. In stories a character with a «photographic memory» remembers everything they see. Science note: true photographic memory is very rare or may not exist. Phrases: «photographic evidence», «photographic memory».

examples

• The museum has an old photographic camera. tree →
• She has an almost photographic memory. tree →
• The police found photographic evidence. tree →
• He works in a photographic studio. tree →
• The book has beautiful photographic pictures of animals. tree →
• We need photographic ID to enter. tree →
• The class set up a photographic display. tree →
• Photographic film had to be developed in a dark room. tree →
• When the eye of the murdered man closes, the picture of what it saw last clings to it for a time like a photographic picture. tree →

note

Stress: pho-to-GRAPH-ic. Myth: many people claim a «photographic memory», but scientists find very few people really have one.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «photographic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.