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UK
/ˌɪləstɹˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌɪɫəˈstɹeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪɫəˈstɹeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- showing by example
- artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
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an item of information that is typical of a class or group
this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
there is an example on page 10 - a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
How To Use illustration In A Sentence
- Apart from paintings he produced a good deal of graphic work, including numerous book illustrations in lithograph and woodcut.
- Immersed in her ample lap, her adoring voice broadcasting stereophonically through her bosoms, I absorbed the sensationalistic stories and lush illustrations of baby Moses in his basket, later parting the very Red Sea. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- Randall-Maciver and Wilkin illustrate a vertical loom in use among the Kabyles, _Libyan Notes_, London, 1901, Pl. IX., and although the details of the illustration are not clear the text indicates the existence of one heddle: "The warp is decussated by means of a horizontal rod and leashes. Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms
- “Images of the Gods” is a casebound edition of 640 pages with more than 1,800 color illustrations. Review: Images of the Gods-Khmer Mythology in Cambodia, Laos & Thailand by Vittorio Roveda | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context
- Use illustrations where appropriate but don't overdo it.
- Under the editorship of Professor Robert L. Cleve, PhD, OAF, KCR, the issue begins with his outstanding study of the inscriptions and illustrations from the 1937 issue of postage stamps from the Italian Kingdom celebrating the bimillenary of the birth of the Emperor Augustus.
- And the deadline for submitting the illustrations was getting uncomfortably close.
- The species-specific illustrations I offered were intended to be just that: illustrations.
- The same illustration with the boy can also be translated into our global society where we have poor and wealthy nations.
- R.W. C. [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] "Facta canam; sed erunt qui me finxisse loquantur. The Gay Rebellion