Look up: Figure

1. figure
   [Noun] Plural form: figures. A number. Usually used in the plural (figures) to mean a set of numbers.
   Example: The figures showed that lots of people went to see the film.
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2. Figure
   The pattern on the surface of the wood caused by the combination of such features as grain, growth rings, rays, tissue structure, colour, knots, burr, and, sometimes, defects.
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3. figure
   [n] - a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape 2. [n] - an amount of money expressed numerically 3. [n] - a diagram or picture illustrating textual material 4. [n] - a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of atten...
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4. figure
   in wood,markings(often forming patterns)produced on cut surfaces according to the proportion,arrangement and direction of the various wood elements and tissues,and/or variations in the natural colour Category: Building industry • a schematic representation,graphical or as a table,placed ...
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5. Figure
   the pattern revealed on the surface of wood after it has been sawn.
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6. figure
   1 The markings, grain or pattern on a piece of wood. 2 A figured textile is one with a pattern of figures or naturalistic subjects as opposed to one that is plain or striped. 3 Human or animal form.
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7. Figure
   Fig'ure (fĭg'ur; 135) noun [ French, figure , Latin figura ; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See Feign .] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. « Flowers have all exquisite figu...
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8. Figure
   Fig'ure transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Figured ; present participle & verbal noun Figuring .] [ French figurer , Latin figurare , from figura . See ...
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9. Figure
   Fig'ure intransitive verb 1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court. « Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly.» M. Arnold. 2. ...
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10. figure
    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...
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11. figure
    fig noun a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; `the area covered can be seen from Figure 2`
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12. figure
    noun a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; `she made the best score on compulsory figures`
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13. figure
    noun a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); `he made a figure of Santa Claus`
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14. figure
    noun the impression produced by a person; `he cut a fine figure`; `a heroic figure`
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15. figure
    noun a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
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16. figure
    noun an amount of money expressed numerically; `a figure of $17 was suggested`
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17. figure
    noun a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
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18. figure
    enter verb be or play a part of or in; `Elections figure prominently in every government program`; `How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?`
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19. figure
    verb judge to be probable
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20. Figure
    Refers to details about price including the bid and offer. See: Handle
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21. figure
    (fig´yәr) an object of a particular form or shape. hexaxial figure a figure consisting of the axes of the six limb leads drawn through a central point. triaxial figure a figure formed by the axes of the three bipolar limb leads drawn through a central...
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22. Figure
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. • (n.) To embelli...
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23. figure
    (from the article `arts, East Asian`) Human relationships have always been of supreme importance in China, and a common theme of figure painting is that of gentlemen enjoying scholarly ... ...almost 500 kilometres of Szechwan`s Chia-ling River, produced in a single day without preliminary sketches) and very unreliable copies survive. Wu...
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24. Figure
    (from the article `Lipchitz, Jacques`) ...(1928), were cast from small, fragile cardboard-and-wax constructions. Lipchitz translated some of these smaller pieces into sculptures on a more ...
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25. figure
    in logic, the classification of syllogisms according to the arrangement of the middle term, namely, the term (subject or predicate of a proposition) ... [3 related articles]
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