Figure may refer to:
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shape
A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external Surface (mathematics), surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, Surface texture, texture, or material type.
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drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...
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depiction
Depiction is reference conveyed through pictures. A picture refers to its object through a non-linguistic two-dimensional scheme, and is distinct from writing or notation. A depictive two-dimensional scheme is called a picture plane and may be cons ...
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geometric configuration
In mathematics, specifically projective geometry, a configuration in the plane consists of a finite set of points, and a finite arrangement of lines, such that each point is incident to the same number of lines and each line is incident to the sa ...
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Figure (wood) {{More references, date=March 2012
In wood, figure refers to the appearance of wood, as seen on a longitudinal surface (side-grain): a "figured wood" is not plain.
The figure of a particular piece of wood is, in part, due to its grain and, in part ...
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Figure (music)
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A musical figure or figuration is the shortest phrase in music; a short succession of notes, often recurring. It may have melodic pitch, harmonic progression, and rhythmic meter. The 1964 '' Grove's Dictionary'' defines the figure as ...
, distinguished from musical motif
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Noise figure Noise figure (NF) and noise factor (''F'') are figures of merit that indicate degradation of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) that is caused by components in a signal chain. These figures of merit are used to evaluate the performance of an amplifier ...
, in telecommunication
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Dance figure
Dance moves or dance steps (more complex dance moves are called dance patterns, dance figures, dance movements, or dance variations) are usually isolated, defined, and organized so that beginning dancers can learn and use them independently of each ...
, an elementary dance pattern
*A person's figure,
human physical appearance
Human physical appearance is the outward phenotype or look of human beings.
There are infinite variations in human phenotypes, though society reduces the variability to distinct categories. The physical appearance of humans, in particular those a ...
Arts
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Figurine, a miniature statuette representation of a creature
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Action figure, a posable jointed solid plastic character figurine
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Figure painting, realistic representation, especially of the human form
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Figure drawing
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Model figure, a scale model of a creature
Writing
*figure, in writing, a type of
floating block (text, table, or graphic separate from the main text)
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Figure of speech
A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect. Figures of speech are traditionally classified into '' schemes,'' which vary the ordinary ...
, also called a rhetorical figure
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Christ figure, a type of character
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text figures and
lining figures
Accounting
*Figure, a synonym for
number
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Significant figures in a decimal number
Science
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Figure of the Earth
Figure of the Earth is a Jargon, term of art in geodesy that refers to the size and shape used to model Earth. The size and shape it refers to depend on context, including the precision needed for the model. A Spherical Earth, sphere is a well-k ...
, the size and shape of the Earth in geodesy
Sports
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Figure (horse), a stallion who became the foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed
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Figure skating
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Compulsory figures
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Figure competition, a form of physique competition for women, related to bodybuilding
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Beyer Speed Figure, a statistic in Thoroughbred racing
People
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Figure (musician), stage name of American electronic musician Josh Gard
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Vivian Davis Figures, Democratic member of the Alabama State Senate
See also
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Figure 8 (disambiguation)
Figure 8 (figure of 8 in British English) may refer to:
* 8 (number), in Arabic numerals
Entertainment
* ''Figure 8'' (album), a 2000 album by Elliott Smith
* "Figure of Eight" (song), a 1989 song by Paul McCartney
* '' Figure Eight EP'', a ...
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