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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun figuration has 2 senses
- figuration(n = noun.act) - representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory; is a kind of representation
- figuration(n = noun.act) - decorating with a design; is a kind of decoration
has particulars: symbolising, symbolizing
Derived form verb figure3
CIDE DICTIONARY
figuration, n. [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.
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, writingROGET 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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