What does "illustration" mean?
Illustration: That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
Additional senses
- 2.A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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