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Definition of Pictorial representation
1. Noun. Visual representation as by photography or painting.
Generic synonyms: Representation
Specialized synonyms: Delineation, Depiction, Portrayal, Imaging, Tomography, Photography, Picture Taking
Derivative terms: Picture
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pictorial Representation
Literary usage of Pictorial representation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"CHAPTER VIII pictorial representation We have noted the difference between
perspective drawing and orthographic projection. Perspective drawing shows the ..."
2. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"CHAPTER VIII pictorial representation We have noted the difference between
perspective drawing and orthographic projection. Perspective drawing shows the ..."
3. Descriptive Geometry by Ervin Kenison, Harry Cyrus Bradley (1917)
"CHAPTER XXVII PSEUDO-pictorial representation 200. Pseudo-pictorial representation.
When it is intended to build or construct an object, ..."
4. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... are not without a little archaeological evidence of some interest ; for there
is an unmistakable pictorial representation of this brooch on the reverse ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1889)
"Faithful pictorial representation of lineaments is good, but the charm of historical
portraiture is in relation to biography ; that is why we have advocated ..."
6. Descriptive Geometry by Ervin Kenison, Harry Cyrus Bradley (1917)
"CHAPTER XXVII PSEUDO-pictorial representation 200. Pseudo-pictorial representation.
When it is intended to build or construct an object, ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"pictorial representation. To attain his end, the artist must augment a natural
... As_ the title implies, the ultimate aim of pictorial representation, ..."