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fig⋅u⋅ra⋅tion

  [fig-yuh-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of shaping into a particular figure.
2. the resulting figure or shape: emblematic figurations of the sun and the moon.
3. the act of representing figuratively.
4. a figurative representation: allegorical figurations.
5. the act of marking or adorning with a design.
6. Music.
a. the employment of passing notes or other embellishments.
b. the figuring of a bass part.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME figuracioun < L figūrātiōn- (s. of figūrātiō) a shaping. See figurate, -ion
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fig·u·ra·tion   (fĭg'yə-rā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of forming something into a particular shape.

  2. A shape, form, or outline.

  3. The act of representing with figures.

  4. A figurative representation.

  5. Music

    1. Ornamentation of a passage by embellishing and often repeating figures.

    2. The pattern made by such embellishment or repetition.

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