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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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