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illustration

noun
/ˌɪl.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French illustration, from Latin illūstrātiō, from illūstrō (“to illustrate”). By surface analysis, illustrate + -ion.

  1. derived from illūstrātiō
  2. borrowed from illustration

Definitions

  1. The act of illustrating

    The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct.

  2. The state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

  3. Something which illustrates

    Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A picture designed to decorate a publication, or elucidate a literary work.

      • The illustration showing the water cycle made it much easier to understand for the children.
      • The sleeve of the band's new CD includes illustrations from deceased former members.
      • Fossils show that the ancient primate Proconsul africanus, shown in the illustration above, was a tailless tree-dweller.

    2. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)

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Derived

illustrational, illustration board, overillustration, photoillustration, reillustration

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at illustration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at illustration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at illustration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA