Meaning of ILLUSTRATION
| Pronunciation: | | `ilu'streyshun
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- [n] a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
- [n] a single item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10"
- [n] showing by example
- [n] artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
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| | Synonyms: | | example, exemplification, instance, representative |
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| | See Also: | | apology, art, artwork, caption, case in point, chart, demo, demonstration, exception, excuse, fig, figure, graph, graphical record, graphics, information, legend, nontextual matter, pictorial matter, picture, plate, precedent, quintessence, representation, sample, specimen | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Il`lus*tra"tion\, n. [L. illustratio: cf. F.
illustration.]
1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and
distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated,
or of being made clear and distinct.
2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended
to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a
literary work.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstract, abstraction, acrylic painting, allegorization, alphabet, altarpiece, art, block print, blueprint, case, case history, case in point, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, citation, clarification, collage, color print, coloring, conventional representation, copy, cracking, cross reference, cyclorama, dance notation, daub, decipherment, decoding, delineation, demonstration, demythologization, depiction, depictment, diagram, diptych, drama, drawing, editing, elucidation, emblem, emendation, encaustic cerography, encaustic painting, engraving, enlightenment, euhemerism, example, exegesis, exemplar, exemplification, explanation, explication, exponent, exposition, expounding, figuration, figure, finger painting, flower painting, for instance, fresco, fresco painting, genre painting, gouache, grisaille, hieroglyphic, icon, iconography, ideogram, illumination, image, imagery, imaging, impasto, instance, item, letter, light, likeness, limning, logogram, logograph, map, miniature, monochrome, montage, mosaic, mural, mural painting, musical notation, notation, object lesson, oil painting, painting, panorama, particular, photograph, pictogram, picture, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, poster painting, prefigurement, presentment, print, printing, problem, projection, quotation, rationale, realization, reason, reference, relevant instance, rendering, rendition, representation, representative, reproduction, sample, sampling, schema, score, script, simplification, solution, specimen, stained glass window, stencil, still life, syllabary, symbol, tablature, tableau, tapestry, the brush, triptych, type, typical example, unlocking, wall painting, wash, wash drawing, writing |
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