illustration
noun
[ ɪləˈstreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc.
• "an illustration of a yacht"
Similar:
picture,
drawing,
sketch,
figure,
graphic,
plate,
print,
engraving,
etching,
cut,
woodcut,
linocut,
photogravure,
duotone,
halftone,
• the action or fact of illustrating something.
• "by way of illustration, I refer to the following case"
Similar:
exemplification,
demonstration,
showing,
instancing,
example,
typical case,
representative case,
case in point,
instance,
specimen,
sample,
exemplar,
analogy,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment’): via Old French from Latin illustratio(n- ), from the verb illustrare (see illustrate).
