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figure
has definitions from the fields of sport,rhetoric,mathematics
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[ noun ] a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
Synonyms Examples "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" Used in print (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)As shown in Figure 1 , there is a connection for communication between every pair of points . We assume for this illustration that the size of the land plots is so great that the distance between dwellings is greater than the voice can carry and that most_of the communication is between nearest neighbors only , as shown in Figure 2 . In Figure 2 , the points in the network are designated by a letter accompanied by a number . In any social_system in which communications have an importance comparable_with that of production and other human factors , a point like f in Figure 2 would ( other things being equal ) be the dwelling place for the community leader , while e and h would house the next most important citizens . On the parade_ground the net may be similar to that shown in Figure 3 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] alternative names for the body of a human being
Examples "Leonardo studied the human body" "he has a strong physique" "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)Chandler , looking_to right and left to see how his men were faring , suddenly saw another figure bounding up the hill , hurling grenades and hollering the battle_cry as he ran . (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)Yes , well , it 's a pity to spoil your girlish figure - which all those kittens would do anyway - but I think when you 've raised these we 'll just have the vet fix it so there won n't be any more . (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)He ran his eye along the roof copings ; almost at_once a figure bulked up . (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)Deputy_Marshal_Luke_Harper still stood_guard on the veranda , a forlorn , scarecrowish figure in the murky dark . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)Jury , judge and executioner were riding the range in the form of a single unknown figure that could materialize anywhere , at any time , to dispense an ancient brand of justice the men of the new West had believed long outdated . Related terms body person female_body juvenile_body adult_body male_body person homo leg |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers
Synonyms Examples "0 and 1 are digits" Related terms integer one two zero three decimal_digit four nine six five significant_digit eight seven binary_digit octal_digit digitize |
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[ verb ] judge to be probable
Used in print (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)Figure the cost of providing water to the use areas . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)`` Funny thing '' , Mr._Kahler said , when they were seated , `` when I heard you ringing , I figured it was that guy down the block , Hausman '' . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)The arrangement with Argiento was working well , except that sometimes Michelangelo could not figure who was master and who apprentice . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)`` She 's probably getting old - crotchety , I mean - and we figured uh-uh , better not . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)Sometimes he did n't seem to because he hid them so well he could n't find them himself or because he looked and did n't find anything and figured he had n't hid one after_all or had drunk it up . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation
Synonyms Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Once the figure was 30 - 30 . (The New York Times,...)`` It was a nice round figure , that 12 '' , he said as he headed for the clubhouse , not too_much perturbed . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)The figures in the next-to-last column are derived with the assumption of 50 per_cent shielding by the Earth ; hence , these figures apply immediately above the Earth 's atmosphere . The figures in the next-to-last column are derived with the assumption of 50 per_cent shielding by the Earth ; hence , these figures apply immediately above the Earth 's atmosphere . The unshielded flux is given in the last column ; these figures constitute the best estimate for the flux in interplanetary_space near the Earth . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
Examples "he made a figure of Santa Claus" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Again , the sufferings and disasters produced by any transgression against the commandment not to love are almost invariably associated in one way or another with childhood , with the figure of a child . For the present it is enough to note that in the grotesque figure of Jacoby , at the moment of his collapse , all these elements come together in prophetic parody . the crude sketch of Piepsam contains , in its critical , destructive and self-destructive tendencies , much that is enlarged and illuminated in the figures of , for_instance , Naphta and Leverku^hn . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)He improvised as he went_along , completing a life-size clay figure , then bought yards of an inexpensive material from a draper , wet the lightweight cloth in a basin and covered it over with clay that Argiento brought from the bank of the Tiber , to the consistency of thick mud . He spent concentrated weeks putting his two figures together : a Mary who would be young and sensitive , yet strong enough to hold her son on her lap ; and a Jesus who , though lean , was strong even in death - a look he remembered well from his experience in the dead_room of Santo_Spirito . Related terms model model figurine puppet Trojan_Horse snowman figurehead dummy |
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[ noun ] a well-known or notable person
Synonyms Examples "they studied all the great names in the history of France" "she is an important figure in modern music" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)Though it centers around the brilliant and enigmatic figure of Charles_12 , , the true hero is not finally the king himself . The_Charles_Men has a tremendous range of characters , of common folk even more_than of major figures . Heidenstam wrote four other works of fiction about earlier figures revered in Swedish memory . (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)Now , although the roots of the mystery_story in serious literature go_back as far as Balzac , Dickens , and Poe , it was not until the closing decades of the 19_th century that the private_detective became an established figure in popular fiction . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)But to the cattlemen who had been facing bankruptcy from rustling losses and to the cowboys who had been faced with lay-offs a_few years earlier , he was becoming a vastly different type of legendary figure . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be or play a part of or in
Synonyms Examples "Elections figure prominently in every government program" "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Over the first five frames , Jack_Fisher , the big righthander who figures to be in_the_middle of Oriole plans for a drive on the 1961 American_League pennant , held the A 's scoreless while yielding three scattered hits . (The New York Times,...)Shea 's efforts figure prominently in the new stadium . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The Postmaster_General recently reported that mail_order frauds - among which fake therapeutic devices figure prominently - are at the highest level in history . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The fourth and concluding point will be to estimate the long-run significance of the elections and how they figure in the current pattern of internal politics . Elections have figured prominently in nearly every government program and official address since independence . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the impression produced by a person
Examples "he cut a fine figure" "a heroic figure" Used in print (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)But he knew how important it was for her to keep her figure . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)He was n't a dwarf but he was a_bit of a comic figure . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an amount of money expressed numerically
Examples "a figure of $17 was suggested" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Multiply these figures by the millions of people known to be conned by medical pirates annually . Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures , however , believing that any sum they come_up with is only a surface manifestation - turned_up by their inevitably limited policing - of the real loot of the medical racketeer . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)No figures were submitted with the report and no action was taken on it by the town . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)In most discussions of this phenomenon , the figures are substantially inflated . |
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[ noun ] a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)But how can one figure symbolize both ? (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)He could not see objects as unified , self-contained , and organized figures , as a person does with normal vision . If , however , the figure to be discerned were complicated , composed of several interlocking subfigures , and_so_on , even the tracing process failed him , and he could not focus even relatively simple shapes among its parts . If the patient can perceive figure kinesthetically when he cannot perceive it visually , then , it would seem , the sense_of_touch has immediate contact with the spatial aspects of things in_independence_of visual representations , at_least in regard_to two dimensions , and , as we shall see , even this much spatial awareness on_the_part_of unaided touch is denied by the authors . The authors set_about answering this fundamental question through a detailed investigation of the patient 's ability , tactually , ( 1 ) to perceive figure and ( 2 ) to locate objects in space , with his eyes closed ( or turned_away from the object concerned ) . Related terms |
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[ verb ] imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Examples "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen" "I can see a risk in this strategy" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)But he did n't figure Ma for much . He did n't figure her at_all , and if he found_out * * h a woman * * h it 'd be bad . |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) make a mathematical calculation or computation
Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)Mr._Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which , properly handled , would , he had assured him , turn_into a workbench . Related terms reason process estimate multiply subtract add divide resolve factor budget average recalculate interpolate prorate survey capitalize miscalculate extract quantise differentiate integrate mathematics solve count_on bet work_out zero calculation computer calculation calculator calculus calculator |
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[ noun ] the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
Synonyms Examples "he had a number of chores to do" "the number of parameters is small" "the figure was about a thousand" Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)The figures range as high as 15 million families . Related terms amount majority minority numerousness innumerableness fewness preponderance calculate total number number |
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[ verb ] understand (informal)
Examples "He didn't figure her" Used in print (The Miami Herald...)The best approach , he figured , was to try to influence young people like the high schoolers he and his wife serve as advisors at_First Presbyterian_Church . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (rhetoric) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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[ noun ] (sport) a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
Examples "she made the best score on compulsory figures" Related terms |
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