figuration
Meanings
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.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Late Middle English figuracion, from Middle French figuration, from Latin figūrō (“to form”). Equivalent to figurate + -ion.
Derived words
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