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figuration
[ fig-yuh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- the resulting figure or shape:
emblematic figurations of the sun and the moon.
- the act of representing figuratively.
- a figurative representation:
allegorical figurations.
- the act of marking or adorning with a design.
- Music.
- the employment of passing notes or other embellishments.
- the figuring of a bass part.
figuration
/ ˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃən /
noun
- music
- the employment of characteristic patterns of notes, esp in variations on a theme
- decoration or florid ornamentation in general
- the act or an instance of representing figuratively, as by means of allegory or emblem
- a figurative or emblematic representation
- the act of decorating with a design
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Word History and Origins
Origin of figuration1
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Example Sentences
Decoded neurofeedback in this novel is really a kind of figuration, a metaphor for storytelling.
The Daily Pic: After years of figuration, the artist goes fearlessly abstract.
About this central figuration extends infinitely a supporting background in a vague whole, undefined and undiscriminated.
The process which we have just described is the dominant process in Egyptian figuration.
Over a rolling figuration is a melody first for horn, then oboe, the Meditation motive.
The figuration of the main hatch showed a small square, and there was a companion or hatch-cover abaft the mainmast.
I stared earnestly at the rocky slopes on either hand, but could not have sworn their figuration was changed.
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