Hypertext Webster Gateway: "illustration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Illustration \Il`lus*tra"tion\, n. [L. illustratio: cf. F.
illustration.]
1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and
distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated,
or of being made clear and distinct.
2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended
to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a
literary work.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
illustration
n 1: artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
2: showing by example [syn: {exemplification}]
3: a single item of information that is representative of a
type; "this patient provides a typical example of the
syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10" [syn: {example},
{instance}, {representative}]
4: a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used
make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
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