photographic

B2 Topic:Mathematics & Measurement

US /ˌfoʊɾəˈɡɹæfɪk/ UK /ˌfəʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #15228

Meanings

1

adj
relating to photography or obtained by using photography

Photographic equipment.
2

adj
Pertaining to photographs or photography.

This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.
3

adj
Synonym of accurate.

What each evangelist preserved is not a photographic reproduction of the words and deeds of Jesus, but an interpretative portrait delineated in accord with the special needs of the early church.
4

adj
representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 adj · synonym of accurate. accurate

Word family

Forms photographically

Derived forms alphaphotographicchromophotographicchronophotographiccinephotographicelectrophotographicmacrophotographicmicrophotographicnonphotographicphotographicalphotographicallyprephotographicpseudophotographic

Common collocations

photographic emulsion Adjective + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Ancient Greek -γραφικός (-graphikós)der. Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor....

Topics

Mathematics & Measurement

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# photographic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌfoʊɾəˈɡɹæfɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌfəʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 15228

## Meanings
1. relating to photography or obtained by using photography
2. Pertaining to photographs or photography.
3. Synonym of accurate.
4. representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph

## Examples
- Photographic equipment.
- This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.
- What each evangelist preserved is not a photographic reproduction of the words and deeds of Jesus, but an interpretative portrait delineated in accord with the special needs of the early church.

## Derived Forms
- alphaphotographic
- chromophotographic
- chronophotographic
- cinephotographic
- electrophotographic
- macrophotographic
- microphotographic
- nonphotographic
- photographical
- photographically
- prephotographic
- pseudophotographic

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Ancient Greek -γραφικός (-graphikós)der. Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor....

## Topics
- Mathematics & Measurement

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