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illustration Noun 1. a picture or diagram used to explain or decorate a text 2. an example: an illustration of the brutality of the regime 3. the art of illustrating
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illustration Translations illustration [ɪləˈstreɪʃən] n (= example) → ejemplo, ilustración f; (in book) → lámina, ilustración f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. "My perfected friend," he said, "my parental instinct recognises in you a noble evidence and illustration of the theory of development. A significant illustration of the fact, again and again repeated in this book, that the skeleton of the whale furnishes but little clue to the shape of his fully invested body. |
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