photographic

Everyday

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 →

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.