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ertaining to photography; obtained by photography; used ib photography; as a photographic picture; a photographic camera. -- Pho`to*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. Photographic printing, the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light.

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.

A lithographic picture or copy from a stone prepared by the aid of photography.

A play for representation or exhibition by moving pictures; also, the moving-picture representation of a play.

xactly the same plane, used in surveying and map making. From the differences between two pictures taken at the same moment, measurements in all dimensions of the region may be obtained.

That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.

A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea. -- Pic`to*graph"ic, a.

Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. "Pictorial rhetoric." Ruskin. -- Pic*to"ri*al*ly, adv.

Capable of being pictured, or represented by a picture.

A picture. [Obs.] Spenser.

To picture.

A picture gallery.

y flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.

A permanent photographic picture or print in platinum black.

The poachard. [Prov. Eng.] Poker picture, a picture formed in imitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a heated poker or other iron. Fairholt.

Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.

Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To adorn with pictures. [R.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. Milton.

ange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.