figure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: figure	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for figure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
figure n a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" Synonym(s): figure, fig alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" Synonym(s): human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits" Synonym(s): digit, figure a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music" Synonym(s): name, figure, public figure a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested" the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" Synonym(s): number, figure language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense Synonym(s): trope, figure of speech, figure, image a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground Antonym(s): ground a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" Synonym(s): design, pattern, figure a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures" v judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast] be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" Synonym(s): figure, enter imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" Synonym(s): visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image make a mathematical calculation or computation Synonym(s): calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure understand; "He didn't figure her"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Figure \Fig"ure\ (?; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon. 2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble. A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak. 3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure. 4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc. 5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure. I made some figure there. --Dryden. Gentlemen of the best figure in the county. --Blackstone. 6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law. 7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc. 8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.] With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest figure. --Thackeray. 9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative. Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v. 14. 10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement. To represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. --Macaulay. 11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. 13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. --Johnson. 14. (Music) (a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. --Grove. (b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment. Note: Figures are often written upon the staff in music to denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the measure contains two quarter notes. The following are the principal figures used for this purpose:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. 1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court. Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly. --M. Arnold. 2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Figured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Figuring}.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See {Figure}, n.] 1. To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape. If love, alas! be pain I bear, No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior. 2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak. 3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute. As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. --Dryden. 4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak. 5. To prefigure; to foreshow. In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak. 6. (Mus.) (a) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. (b) To embellish. {To figure out}, to solve; to compute or find the result of. {To figure up}, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.