Definition of figure

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Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression..

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Geodesy :: Geodesy (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast..
Emblaze :: Emblaze (v. t.) To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon..
Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving..
Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark..
Fig :: Fig (n.) Figure; dress; array.
Graffiti :: Graffiti (n. pl.) Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii..
Circle :: Circle (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle..
Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom..
Ambrosin :: Ambrosin (n.) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback..
Write :: Write (v. t.) To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures..
Conical :: Conical (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel..
Syncitia :: Syncrisis (n.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Polygram :: Polygram (n.) A figure consisting of many lines.
Typolite :: Typolite (n.) A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.
Figure :: Figure (n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure..
Refigure :: Refigure (v. t.) To figure again.
Synopses :: Synonymy (n.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..
Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac..
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