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Figuration   /fˌɪgjərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Figuration

noun
1.
Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory.
2.
Decorating with a design.





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"Figuration" Quotes from Famous Books



... the pieces are of equal length, but there are not enough to complete the figure as in figure 1 a. This is a doubtful con-figuration. On the one hand the weapon may or may not kill, on the other it will prove efficient to the owner in matters not connected ...
— The Manbos of Mindano - Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir • John M. Garvan
... this that my eye traced, a little distance beyond, the form of a ship's spars and rigging. Through the labyrinth of the ice outlines I clearly made out two masts, with two square yards on the foremast, the rigging perfect so far as it went, for the figuration showed no more than half the height of the masts, the lower parts being apparently hidden behind the edge of the hollow. I have said that this coast to the north abounded in many groups of beautiful fantastic shapes, suggesting a great ...
— The Frozen Pirate • W. Clark Russell


Words linked to "Figuration" :   symbolizing, representation, symbolising, decoration, figure


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