Definition of figure

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Figure (n.) 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..

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Crucifix :: Crucifix (n.) A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions..
Isoperimetry :: Isoperimetry (n.) The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.
Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
Aumail :: Aumail (v. t.) To figure or variegate.
Footing :: Footing (n.) The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
Aporia :: Aporia (n.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc..
Polysyndeton :: Polysyndeton (n.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, We have ships and men and money and stores. Opposed to asyndeton..
Trihedron :: Trihedron (n.) A figure having three sides.
Cosmography :: Cosmography (n.) A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts..
Figure :: Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc..
Cambric :: Cambric (n.) A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin..
Intaglio :: Intaglio (n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Trigon :: Trigon (n.) A figure having three angles; a triangle.
Dodecagon :: Dodecagon (n.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.
Disfigure :: Disfigure (n.) Disfigurement; deformity.
Roundel :: Roundel (a.) Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. t.) To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.
Figure :: Figure (n.) To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
Body :: Body (n.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure..
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