- illustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
--1 is a kind of artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter
--1 has parts: caption, legend
--1 has particulars:picture, pictorial matter; figure, fig; chart; graph, graphical record Derived forms: verb illustrate3, verb illustrate2 - exemplification, illustration - showing by example
--2 is a kind of demonstration, demo
Derived form: verb illustrate1 - example, illustration, instance, representative - an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
--3 is a kind of information
--3 has particulars:apology, excuse; exception; precedent, case in point; quintessence; sample; specimen Derived form: verb illustrate1 - illustration - a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
--4 is a kind of representation
--4 has particulars: plateDerived forms: verb illustrate3, verb illustrate2