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figuration

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CIDE DICTIONARY

figurationn. [L. figuratio.].
  •  The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Mixture of concords and discords.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

figuration, n.
1 a the act of formation. b a mode of formation; a form. c a shape or outline.
2 a ornamentation by designs. b Mus. ornamental patterns of scales, arpeggios, etc., often derived from an earlier motif.
3 allegorical representation.

Etymology
ME f. F or f. L figuratio (as FIGURE)

THESAURUS

figuration

Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, alphabet, archetype, art, art form, blueprint, build, cast, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, configuration, conformation, contour, conventional representation, creation, cut, dance notation, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment, diagram, drama, drawing, efformation, exemplification, fashion, fashioning, features, figure, form, format, formation, formature, forming, frame, framework, genre, gestalt, hieroglyphic, iconography, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, impression, inner form, layout, letter, limning, line, lineaments, lineation, lines, logogram, logograph, main features, make, makeup, map, matrix, modality, mode, model, modeling, mold, molding, morphogenesis, morphogeny, musical notation, notation, outline, pattern, pictogram, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, profile, projection, prototype, realization, relief, rendering, rendition, representation, schema, score, script, sculpture, set, shape, shapes, shaping, significant form, silhouette, skeleton, stamp, structure, style, syllabary, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, tablature, tournure, turn, type, typification, writing

ROGET THESAURUS

figuration

Form

N form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration, make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib, stamp, type, cast, mold, fashion, contour, structure, plasmature, feature, lineament, turn, phase, posture, attitude, pose, morphism, isomorphism, forming, formation, figuration, efformation, sculpture, plasmation, formed, plastic, fictile, formative, fluid, plasmic, isomorphous, pleomorphic, protean, changeable.


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