Definitions for figuration

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figuration fig·u·ra·tion

Spelling: [fig-yuh-rey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌfɪg yəˈreɪ ʃən/

Figuration is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 530 anagrams from letters in figuration (afgiinortu).

Definitions for figuration

noun

1. the act of shaping into a particular figure.
2. the resulting figure or shape:
3. the act of representing figuratively.
4. a figurative representation:
5. the act of marking or adorning with a design.
6. Music. the employment of passing notes or other embellishments. the figuring of a bass part.

Origin of figuration

1400-50; late Middle English figuracioun Latin figūrātiōn- (stem of figūrātiō) “a shaping” (see figure) + -ion

Examples for figuration

I stared earnestly at the rocky slopes on either hand, but could not have sworn their figuration was changed.

The figuration of the main hatch showed a small square, and there was a companion or hatch-cover abaft the mainmast.

Of trans-Alpine figuration after 1250 the less said the better.

The process which we have just described is the dominant process in Egyptian figuration.

The Daily Pic: After years of figuration, the artist goes fearlessly abstract.