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Figure may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

• A shape, drawing, or representation
• Figure 8
• A person's figure
• Miniature representation of something
  • Action figure, in arts

Writing Look up shape in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Drawing is a visual art which makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. ... Most generally, a representation is a performing of selected functions or roles of another physical or abstract object/person/organization in predefined circumstances and it is based on the consensus of the group/community involved. ... Figure 8 might refer to: Figure 8, an expression describing a Lissajous curve that resembles the number 8 Figure 8, the basis for compulsory figures in figure skating Figure 8 (album), a 2000 album recorded by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith Figure-of-eight knot, (also called a Flemish Knot... Variation in the physical appearance of humans is believed by anthropologists to be an important factor in the development of personality and social relations in particular physical attractiveness. ... A rare Dresden porcelain figurine Figurine is a diminutive form of the word figure, and generally refers to a small human-made statue that represents a human (or deity or animal). ... Zarbon action figure of from Dragon Ball Z made by Bandai An action figure is a posable plastic figurine of a character, often from a movie, video game, or television program. ...

• Figure in writing is any text, table, or graphic separate from the main text
• Figure of speech, also called a rhetorical figure

Accounting A figure in writing and publishing is any graphic, text, table or other representation that is unaligned from the main flow of text. ... A figure of speech, sometimes termed a rhetoric, or elocution, is a word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. ...

• Figure, a synonym for a number
• Significant figures in a decimal number

Sports A number is an abstract idea used in counting and measuring. ... Rounding to n significant figures is a form of rounding. ...

• Figure skating
• Figure competition, a form of physique competition for women, related to bodybuilding

Other Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Fitness and figure competition is a class of physique events for women bearing a close resemblance to female bodybuilding, but with significantly less emphasis on muscle size. ...

• Figure, wood appearance
• Musical figure, distinguished from musical motif
• Shaping a mirror on a reflective telescope
• Noise figure, in telecommunication

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