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figuration or figurations in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Figuration may refer to: In classical music, the use of repetitive patterns; see Figure
Figuration
French art movement
Figuration Libre (French pronunciation: [fiɡyʁasjɔ̃ libʁ], Free Figuration) is a French art movement which began in the 1980s. It is the French equivalent
Figuration_Libre
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up figure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Figure may refer to: A shape, drawing, depiction, or geometric configuration Figure (wood), wood appearance
Figure
Existential Figuration (1960-1980s), Museum of Art Olomouc Artfacts: Neo-figuration / New figuration Jan Souček: Nová figurace, 60. a 70. léta (New Figuration, 1960s
New_Figuration
Final polishing of an optical surface
Figuring is the process of final polishing of an optical surface to remove imperfections or modify the surface curvature to achieve the shape required
Figuring
American art movement
as the Bay Area Figurative School, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations) was a mid-20th-century art movement centered
Bay_Area_Figurative_Movement
Ice sport performed on figure skates
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform jumps, spins, and dance moves on ice. Their footwear are figure skates. It was
Figure_skating
Shortest phrase in music, a short succession of notes
figuration is also used to describe the general process of melodic embellishment. Thus, we often read of "figurated" melody or of chorale "figuration
Figure_(music)
Model kits of the Gundam franchise
2013-02-19. "魂ウェブ | ブランド一覧 > Gundam Fix Figuration Metal Composite" [Soul Web Brand List Gundam Fix Figuration Metal Composite]. tamashii.jp (in Japanese)
Gunpla
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up figure eight or figure of eight in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Figure 8, figure of 8, figure eight, or Figure of Eight may refer to: 8 (number)
Figure_8
American robotics company
Figure AI, Inc. is an American robotics company developing humanoid robots that operate via artificial intelligence. The company was founded in 2022 by
Figure_AI
Phrase; exclamation used in Spanish to denote surprise
Chalumeau, Jean-Luc (2004). La Nouvelle Figuration : Une histoire, de 1953 à nos jours [The New Figuration from 1953 to nowadays] (in French). Paris
¡Ay,_caramba!
Painting by Paul Cézanne
Jean-Luc (2004). La Nouvelle Figuration : Une histoire, de 1953 à nos jours, Figuration narrative - Jeune Peinture - Figuration critique (in French). Paris:
Still Life with Apples and Oranges
Still_Life_with_Apples_and_Oranges
German figure skater (born 1962)
in Hohenschönhausen), married surname: Fleischhauer, is a German former figure skater who represented East Germany. She is the 1978 Prize of Moscow News
Carola_Weißenberg
American reggae and dub band
Stick Figure is an American reggae band founded in 2005 by frontman and multi-instrumentalist Scott Woodruff. Woodruff writes, records, produces and performs
Stick_Figure
Type of optical illusion
known as an impossible figure or an undecidable figure) is a type of optical illusion that consists of a two-dimensional figure which is instantly and
Impossible_object
Human female body shape
The hourglass figure is one of the four traditional female body shapes described by the fashion industry; the other shapes are the rectangle, inverted
Hourglass_figure
American painter (born 1949)
and his interest in exploring the relationship between abstraction and figuration. Of his body of work, Johanna Burton writes, "Dunham's career can be characterized
Carroll_Dunham
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in the United States Chaplain Corps Medal of Honor recipients Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships Archive More featured lists Community portal – The
Main_Page
Form of an object
chirality. A figure is a representation including both shape and size (as in, e.g., figure of the Earth). A plane shape or plane figure is constrained
Shape
figure. But Encyclopædia Britannica specifies the United States' area excluding coastal and territorial waters as 9,525,067 km2, less than the figure
List of countries and dependencies by area
List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area
Long horizontal line punctuation mark
corrects these to the typographically correct form of dash. The figure dash ‒ (U+2012 ‒ FIGURE DASH) has the same width as a numerical digit (many computer
Dash
is about the minor biblical figure named "Job". For the person who has a book named after them, see Job (biblical figure). Job or Jashub was a son of
List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K
List_of_minor_Hebrew_Bible_figures,_A–K
Chronicles 2:47 as one of the sons of Jahdai, a figure who appears in a genealogy associated with Caleb. A figure called Regem-melech (Hebrew: רֶגֶם מֶלֶךְ "king's
List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, L–Z
List_of_minor_Hebrew_Bible_figures,_L–Z
Drawing of a person that shows their muscles under the skin
pronunciation: [ekɔʁʃe] ) is a figure drawn, painted, or sculpted showing the muscles of the body without skin, normally as a figure study for another work or
Écorché
Branching shapes
A Lichtenberg figure (German: Lichtenberg-Figur), or Lichtenberg dust figure, is a branching electric discharge that sometimes appears on the surface or
Lichtenberg_figure
Person active in politics
decision-making as depicted in Philip Foltz's 19th-century painting. Over time the figure of the politician has evolved to include many forms and functions. In the
Politician
Artwork focused on the unclothed human body
University Press. Bernheimer, Charles (Summer 1989). "Manet's Olympia: The Figuration of Scandal". Poetics Today. 10 (2): 255–277. doi:10.2307/1773024. JSTOR 1773024
Nude_(art)
Professional wrestling magazine
Observer website merged with Bryan Alvarez's Figure Four Weekly website in 2008, becoming Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. The newsletter is often considered
Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter
Number used to evaluate the performance of an amplifier
Noise figure (NF) and noise factor (F) are figures of merit that indicate degradation of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) that is caused by components in
Noise_figure
although The Numbers provides a figure of $8,000,000 for the North American box-office gross. However, it is possible this figure has been mistaken for the
List of highest-grossing films
List_of_highest-grossing_films
Legal concept
A public figure is a person who has achieved fame, prominence or notoriety within a society, whether through achievement, luck, action, or in some cases
Public_figure
Greek philosopher (c. 470–399 BC)
who largely founded the tradition of Western philosophy. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts
Socrates
2004 film directed by Raja Gosnell
past cases. However, the celebrations are interrupted by an "Evil Masked Figure", who announces the gang's impending downfall and steals two of the costumes
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Scooby-Doo_2:_Monsters_Unleashed
Character in the Toy Story franchise
character in the Disney–Pixar Toy Story franchise. He is a superhero action figure from an in-universe media franchise. Buzz is recognizable by his lime green
Buzz_Lightyear
Peruvian painter and artist (1933–2019)
production is in line with the trends of New figuration (Nouvelle figuration) and Narrative figuration (Figuration narrative). His father, Francisco Braun
Herman_Braun-Vega
American painter
Brooks (née Shlain) is an American artist and author. Her work blends figuration and abstraction with a focus on subjects related to memory, reality, history
Kimberly_Brooks_(artist)
Biblical figure prior to Noah's flood
חֲנוֹךְ, Modern: Ḥanōḵ, Tiberian: Ḥănōḵ; Greek: Ἑνώχ Henṓkh) is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood. He is the son of Jared and father of
Enoch
American sports commentator (born 1982)
June 10, 1982) is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national
Tara_Lipinski
Type of landscape design
A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. It is a type of geoglyph
Hill_figure
Size and shape used to model the Earth for geodesy
In geodesy, the figure of the Earth is the size and shape used to model planet Earth. The kind of figure depends on application, including the precision
Figure_of_the_Earth
Arrangement of phrases in increasing order of importance
climax (Ancient Greek: κλῖμαξ, klîmax, lit. "staircase" or "ladder") is a figure of speech in which words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing
Climax_(rhetoric)
Tarot card of the Major Arcana
Major Arcana cards in Tarot decks. It is usually numbered 14. It depicts a figure which represents the virtue Temperance. Along with Justice and Strength
Temperance_(tarot_card)
Thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
Rosetta 9 (2011): Figure Two: "Representative selection of proto-Sinaitic characters with comparison to Egyptian hieroglyphs", (p. 38) Figure Three: "Chart
M
Italian artist and architect (1475–1564)
them was Domenico Ghirlandaio, a master in fresco painting, perspective, figure drawing and portraiture who had the largest workshop in Florence. In 1488
Michelangelo
Male considered a role model or a confidant to a younger person
A father figure is usually an older man, normally one with power, authority, or strength, with whom one can identify on a deeply psychological level and
Father_figure
Argentine artist and writer (1933–2025)
Figuration) with three other Argentine artists. Their eponymous exhibition and subsequent work greatly influenced the Neofiguration (Neo-figuration/New
Luis_Felipe_Noé
Son of Boaz and Ruth in the Hebrew Bible
Obed (Hebrew: עוֹבֵד, ‘Ōḇēḏ, also rendered Oved, "worshipper"), in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), was a son of Boaz and Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse
Obed_(biblical_figure)
Hebrew Bible matriarch
Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל, romanized: Rāḥēl, lit. 'ewe') was a Hebrew Bible figure, one of the Israelite matriarchs, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and
Rachel
American musician (1969–2003)
"Miss Misery". Seven tracks have been added to Figure 8. The digital deluxe edition includes "Figure 8"—Smith's cover of the "Schoolhouse Rock!" song—which
Elliott_Smith
Irish pagan sun and fertility god
([kʲen̪ː ˈkɾoθʲi]). He is related to the later mythological and folkloric figure Crom Dubh. The references in a dinnsenchas ("place-lore") poem in the 12th
Crom_Cruach
1957 book by Owen Barfield
entails above all a different kind of "figuration"—not a primitive alpha thinking applied to the same kind of figuration as that of moderns. The first three
Saving_the_Appearances
Drawing of the usually unclothed human form
A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures, using any of the drawing media. The term can also refer to the
Figure_drawing
Figure in the Book of Genesis
material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Jared" biblical figure – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2010) (Learn how and
Jared_(biblical_figure)
Simplistic drawing of a person
A stick figure (also known as a stick man, stick woman, or stick person) is a very simple drawing of a human or other animal, in which the limbs (arms
Stick_figure
Genre of painting that represents the human form
figure painting is a work of fine art in any of the painting media with the primary subject being the human figure, whether clothed or nude. Figure painting
Figure_painting
Optical illusion developed by Edgar Rubin
The Rubin vase (sometimes known as Rubin's vase, the Rubin face or the figure–ground vase) is a famous example of ambiguous or bi-stable (i.e., reversing)
Rubin_vase
Optical illusion
hypotenuse in each figure is actually bent. With the bent hypotenuse, the first figure actually occupies a combined 32 units, while the second figure occupies 33
Missing_square_puzzle
Person in the Book of Genesis
related to Ephraim. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ephraim (Biblical figure). A painting by J Franklin of Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph (Ephraim
Ephraim
Art movement
as Transavanguardia in Italy and Neue Wilden in Germany, and the group Figuration Libre was formed in France in 1981. In Toronto, the group known as
Neo-expressionism
Numeric statement of performance
Look up figure of merit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A figure of merit (FOM) is a performance metric that characterizes the performance of a device
Figure_of_merit
Form of vase, often with a cover
variety of materials such as wood, nature stone, ceramic, glass, or steel. A figural urn is a style of vase or larger container where the basic urn shape, of
Urn
Mean position of all the points in a shape
geometric center or center of figure, of a plane figure or solid figure is the mean position of all the points in the figure. The same definition extends
Centroid
King of England in 1066
Harold succeeded him as Earl of Wessex, which made him the most powerful lay figure in England after the king. In 1055, Harold drove back the Welsh, who had
Harold_Godwinson
Biblical character
Ethan (Hebrew: אֵיתָן, Modern: ʾĒtan, Tiberian: ʾĒṯān, Eytan or Eitan) the Ezrahite, is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Ethan was a boy at King David's
Ethan_(biblical_figure)
Type of elaborate melody
generally, coloratura can be understood to mean any music "with ornate figuration", and then connotations of coloratura broaden further still to include
Coloratura
English Puritan leader, minister, and theologian (c. 1554 – 1612)
cleric, defender of the principle of religious liberty, being an influential figure for the development of the Baptist tradition, and later personally developing
John Smyth (English theologian)
John_Smyth_(English_theologian)
Legendary king of the Britons
Arthur) was a legendary king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Welsh
King_Arthur
Visual aura associated with migraine
Other terms for the condition include flittering scotoma, fortification figure, fortification of Vauban, geometrical spectrum, herringbone, Norman arch
Scintillating_scotoma
Competitive figure skating year, July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026
The 2025–26 figure skating season began on July 1, 2025, and ended on June 30, 2026. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship
2025–26_figure_skating_season
Mother of John the Baptist
Orthodox, and Lutheran churches, in addition to being a highly respected figure in Islam. According to the Gospel of Luke chapter 1, Elizabeth was "of the
Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
Elizabeth,_mother_of_John_the_Baptist
This is the approximate figure for the land area of the bank, and does not include the surrounding territorial waters. This figure includes the total land
List of states and territories of the United States
List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States
Deity of roads in some African religions
of the crossroads, a divine messenger, and a powerful, complex trickster figure. The term translates to "the one who has strength or power". Elegbara is
Elegua
French sculptor (1922–2012)
Paris. Her work has been described as a synthesis between abstraction and figuration. Boisecq was born in Algiers to Émile Boisecq and Suzanne Deferre on April
Simone_Boisecq
Type of musical composition
term used to describe a rapidly executed and persistently maintained figuration, usually of notes of equal length. Over time it has taken on two distinct
Perpetuum_mobile
Photograph by Jim Templeton
Spaceman (also known as the Solway Spaceman or the Cumberland Spaceman) is a figure seen in a photograph taken on 23 May 1964 by fireman, photographer and local
Solway_Firth_Spaceman
Performing voices through a puppet to seem independent of the speaker
Americans The Great Lester and Edgar Bergen. Bergen, together with his favorite figure Charlie McCarthy, hosted a radio program that was broadcast from 1937 to
Ventriloquism
1970 international multi-sport event
program included competition in figure skating, bobsled, luge, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, and ice hockey. figure skating bobsled luge ski jumping
Kennedy_Memorial_Winter_Games
Biblical and Quranic prophet
around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor prophets, which details his reluctance
Jonah
Fresco by Raphael
Ptolemy. The identity of the figure in the white robe on the left side of the fresco remains unknown. Notably, the figure is the only one to gaze directly
The_School_of_Athens
Mythological and religious figure
the name of the planet Venus, though it was often personified as a male figure bearing a torch. The Greek name for this planet was variously Phosphoros
Lucifer
Ojibwe trickster spirit often in the form of a rabbit
Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero (these two archetypes are often combined into a single figure in First Nations mythologies, among
Nanabozho
Conjunction for emphasis
Hendiadys (/hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɪs/) is a figure of speech used for emphasis—"The substitution of a conjunction for a subordination". The basic idea is to use two
Hendiadys
Unit of power
400 ft⋅lb [43,929 J] per minute." James Watt and Matthew Boulton standardized that figure at 33,000 ft⋅lb (44,742.0 J) per minute the next year. A common legend states
Horsepower
Person mentioned in the Book of Genesis and the Quran
"covering"; Greek: Λώτ Lṓt; Arabic: لُوط Lūṭ; Syriac: ܠܘܛ Lōṭ) was a notable figure mentioned in the biblical Book of Genesis, chapters 11–14 and 19 and other
Lot_(biblical_person)
Biblical figure and son of Jacob and Leah
Biblical figure and son of Jacob and Leah
Judah_(son_of_Jacob)
Almond-shaped aureola (frame)
almond-shaped aureola, i.e. a frame that surrounds the totality of an iconographic figure. It is usually synonymous with vesica, a lens shape. Mandorlas often surround
Mandorla
Study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin
triplet figuration played by the right hand exclusively on black keys, except for one note, an F natural in measure 66. This melodic figuration is accompanied
Étude_Op._10,_No._5_(Chopin)
Mystery religion in the Roman Empire
it with his right. As he does so, he looks over his shoulder towards the figure of Sol. A dog and a snake reach up towards the blood. A scorpion seizes
Mithraism
Form of state religion
cult may be one of personality in the case of a newly arisen Euhemerus figure, or one of national identity (e.g., Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh or Empire of
Imperial_cult
Ancestor of Abraham according to Genesis in Hebrew Bible
a possible connection between Salih, the Islamic prophet, and Selah, a figure or term mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. This hypothesis is based primarily
Selah_(biblical_figure)
Buddhist monk, cousin and brother-in-law of Gautama Siddhārtha
his life vary greatly, but he is generally seen as an evil and divisive figure in Buddhism, who led a breakaway group in the earliest days of the religion
Devadatta
American painter (born 1969)
Essenhigh was among the first generation of American artists to return to figuration. Stylistically, her paintings have been described as ranging from completely
Inka_Essenhigh
American actor (1989–2016)
His mother worked as a figure-skating choreographer and his father, who had been Sasha Cohen's first trainer, worked as a figure-skating coach. Yelchin's
Anton_Yelchin
Old Norse goddess
Laufey or Nál is a figure in Norse mythology and the mother of Loki. The latter is frequently mentioned by the matronymic Loki Laufeyjarson ('son of Laufey')
Laufey_(mythology)
Indian singer, songwriter and actor (born 1958)
actor. With several popular singles and albums, he emerged as a significant figure of Indipop during the 1990s. Ali is the second of the eight children of
Lucky_Ali
Widely revered deity in Germanic mythology
texts, Odin is euhemerized as an ancestral figure for royalty and is frequently depicted as a founding figure for various Germanic peoples, such as the
Odin
Greek goddess of hospitality
figures associated with clouds, sometimes confused with each other, who figure respectively in the stories of Ixion and in the story of Phrixus and Helle
Nephele
President of Argentina
writer and poet. He was a major figure in the history of Argentina during the second half of the 19th century. He was the figure that best characterized liberalism
Bartolomé_Mitre
1801 piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
8". The movement opens with an octave in the left hand and a triplet figuration in the right. A melody that Hector Berlioz called a "lamentation",[citation
Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)
Piano_Sonata_No._14_(Beethoven)
FIGURATION
FIGURATION
FIGURATION
FIGURATION
Female
English
Modern English name derived from the Latin word meliora, MELIORA means "always improving."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Friendly
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Energetic and Full of Life
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bisalatha | பீஸலதா
Lotus plant
Boy/Male
Hindu
Master of heavens
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Wind; Air
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Paradise (egyptian name)
Male
English
 French form of Roman Latin Julius, JULES means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)." In use by the English.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
The Queen of Art
Female
Hindi/Indian
Variant spelling of Hindi Kashi, KASI means "shining" or "the luminous one."
FIGURATION
FIGURATION
FIGURATION
FIGURATION
FIGURATION
n.
Mixture of concords and discords.
n.
The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form.