figuration
Pronunciation: /ˌfɪɡ.jəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “figuration” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of giving figure or determinate form.
- Form, outline or boundaries.
- Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
- Mixture of concords and discords.
- Representation through visual forms.
- A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.
Etymology
Late Middle English figuracion, from Middle French figuration, from Latin figūrō (“to form”). Equivalent to figurate + -ion.
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