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Configurate
Configurate Con*fig"ur*ate, v. i. [L. configuratus, p. p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See Figure.] To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern. Known by the name of uniformity; Where pyramids to pyramids relate And the whole fabric doth configurate. --Jordan.
Defiguration
Defiguration De*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Disfiguration; mutilation. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Disfiguration
Disfiguration Dis*fig`u*ra"tion, n. [See Disfigure, and cf. Defiguration.] The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. --Gauden.
Figurable
Figurable Fig`ur*a*ble, a. [L. figurare to form, shape, fr. figura figure: cf. F. figurable. See Figure.] Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape. Lead is figurable, but water is not. --Johnson.
figural
Figurate Fig"ur*ate, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See Figure.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. Figurate counterpoint or descant (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figural
Figural Fig"ur*al, a. [From Figure.] 1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Mus.) Figurate. See Figurate. Figural numbers. See Figurate numbers, under Figurate.
Figural numbers
Figural Fig"ur*al, a. [From Figure.] 1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Mus.) Figurate. See Figurate. Figural numbers. See Figurate numbers, under Figurate.
Figurant
Figurant Fig"u*rant` (? or ?), n. masc. [F., prop. p. pr. of figurer figure, represent, make a figure.] One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.
Figurante
Figurante Fig"u*rante` (? or ?), n. fem. [F.] A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl.
Figurate
Figurate Fig"ur*ate, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See Figure.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. Figurate counterpoint or descant (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figurate counterpoint
Figurate Fig"ur*ate, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See Figure.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. Figurate counterpoint or descant (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figurate numbers
Figurate Fig"ur*ate, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See Figure.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. Figurate counterpoint or descant (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figurated
Figurated Fig"ur*a`ted, a. Having a determinate form.
Figurately
Figurately Fig"ur*ate*ly, adv. In a figurate manner.
Figuration
Figuration Fig`u*ra"tion, n. [L. figuratio.] 1. The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. --Bacon. 2. (Mus.) Mixture of concords and discords.
figurative
Figurate Fig"ur*ate, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See Figure.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. Figurate counterpoint or descant (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prefigurate
Prefigurate Pre*fig"u*rate, v. t. [L. praefiguratus, p. p. See Prefigure.] To prefigure. [R.] --Grafton.
Prefiguration
Prefiguration Pre*fig`u*ra"tion, n. [L. praefiguratio.] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. --Norris.
Prefigurative
Prefigurative Pre*fig"ur*a*tive, a. Showing by prefiguration. ``The prefigurative atonement.' --Bp. Horne.
Transfigurate
Transfigurate Trans*fig"u*rate, v. t. To transfigure; to transform. [R.]
Transfiguratien
Transfiguratien Trans*fig`u*ra"tien, n. [L. transfiguratio: cf. transfiguration.] 1. A change of form or appearance; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount. 2. (Eccl.) A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.

Meaning of Figura from wikipedia

- Look up figura, Figura, figurá, or figură in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Figura may refer to: Bella Figura, one act ballet by Jiří Kylián Fgura,...
- Figura etymologica is a rhetorical figure in which words with the same etymological derivation are used in the same p****age. To count as a figura etymologica...
- Katarzyna Małgorzata Figura (Polish pronunciation: [kataˈʐɨna fiˈɡura]; born 22 March 1962) is a Polish film, theatre and television actress. She is sometimes...
- Bella Figura is a contemporary ballet c****ographed by Jiří Kylián to music by Lukas Foss, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Alessandro Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi...
- Anna Figura (born 6 February 1990) is a Polish ski mountaineer. Figura is born in Zakopane, and studies forestry at the University of Krakow. She is member...
- The Italian Figure Skating Championships (Italian: Campionati Italiani di Figura) are a competition held annually to determine the national champions of...
- Figura serpentinata (lit. 'serpentine figure') is a style in painting and sculpture, intended to make the figure seem more dynamic, that is typical of...
- Paulina Gałązka, Olga Kalicka, Katarzyna Sawczuk, Giulio Berruti, Katarzyna Figura, Jan Englert, Beata Ścibak-Englert, Anna Karczmarczyk and Józek Pawłowski...
- Genius and Figure (Spanish:"Genio y figura") is a 1953 Mexican film. It stars Luis Aguilar and Antonio Badú. Antonio is a player who abandoned his woman...
- Lars Figura (born 25 March 1976 in Bremen) is a former German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.93 seconds, achieved...