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Definition of Figure

1. Noun. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material. "The area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

2. Verb. Judge to be probable.

3. Verb. Be or play a part of or in. "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"

4. Noun. Alternative names for the body of a human being. "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

5. Verb. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. "Did he figure his major works over a short period of time?"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

6. Noun. One of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration. "0 and 1 are digits"

7. Verb. Make a mathematical calculation or computation.

8. Noun. A model of a bodily form (especially of a person). "He made a figure of Santa Claus"

9. Noun. A well-known or notable person. "She is an important figure in modern music"

10. Verb. Understand. "He didn't figure her"

11. Noun. A combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape.

12. Noun. An amount of money expressed numerically. "A figure of $17 was suggested"

13. Noun. The impression produced by a person. "A heroic figure"

14. Noun. The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals. "The figure was about a thousand"

15. Noun. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.

16. Noun. A unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground.

17. Noun. A decorative or artistic work. "The coach had a design on the doors"

18. Noun. A predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating. "She made the best score on compulsory figures"

Definition of Figure

1. n. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

2. v. t. To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

3. v. i. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.

Definition of Figure

1. Noun. A drawing or representation conveying information. ¹

2. Noun. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. ¹

3. Noun. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of human body. ¹

4. Noun. A numeral. ¹

5. Noun. A number. ¹

6. Noun. A shape. ¹

7. Noun. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. ¹

8. Noun. A dance figure. ¹

9. Noun. A figure of speech. ¹

10. Verb. To solve a mathematical problem. ¹

11. Verb. To come to understand. ¹

12. Verb. (intransitive) to be reasonable ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) to enter, be a part of ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Figure

1. to compute [v -URED, -URING, -URES] - See also: compute

Medical Definition of Figure

1. 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. "Flowers have all exquisite figures." (Bacon) 2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble. "A coin that bears the figure of an angel." (Shak) 3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure. 4. A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc. 5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure. "I made some figure there." (Dryden) "Gentlemen of the best figure in the county." (Blackstone) 6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. "That he may live in figure and indulgence." (Law) 7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc. 8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. "With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest figure." (Thackeray) 9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative. "Who is the figure of Him that was to come." (Rom. V. 14) 10. A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement. "To represent the imagination under the figure of a wing." (Macaulay) 11. The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 12. Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. 13. A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 14. Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment. Figures are often written upon the staff in music to denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the measure contains two quarter notes. The following are the principal figures used for this purpose: 2/2 2/4 2/8 4/2 2/4 4/8 3/2 3/4 3/8 6/4 6/4 6/8 Academy figure, Canceled figures, Lay figure, etc. See Academy, Cancel, Lay, etc. Figure caster, or Figure flinger, an astrologer. This figure caster." Figure flinging, the practice of astrology. Figure painting, a picture of the human figure, or the act or art of depicting the human figure. Figure stone, agalmatolite. Figure weaving, the art or process of weaving figured fabrics. To cut a figure, to make a display. Origin: F, figure, L. Figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See Feign. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Figure

figurant figurante figurantes figurants figurate figurate number figurate numbers figurated figurately figuration

figurations figurative figuratively figurativeness figuratus figure (current term) figure-of-8 abnormality figure-of-8 bandage figure-of-8 suture figure-of-eight

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