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), wood appearance
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Figure (music), distinguished from musical motif
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Noise figure, in telecommunication
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Dance figure, 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 figurine (a diminutive form of the word ''figure'') or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with cl ...
, a miniature statuette representation of a creature
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Action figure
An action figure is a poseable character (arts), character model figure made most commonly of plastic, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, military, video game or television program; fictional or historical. These figures are ...
, 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 model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure.
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, a scale model of a creature
Writing
*figure, in writing, a type of
floating block
In graphic design, page layout is the arrangement of visual elements on a page. It generally involves organizational principles of composition to achieve specific communication objectives.
The high-level page layout involves deciding on the ov ...
(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
Text figures (also known as non-lining, lowercase, old style, ranging, hanging, medieval, billing, or antique figures or numerals) are numerals designed with varying heights in a fashion that resembles a typical line of running text, hence the ...
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lining figures
Accounting
*Figure, a synonym for
number
A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The original examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Numbers can be represented in language with number words. More universally, individual numbers c ...
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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
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
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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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