ETYM French, figure, Latin figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. Related to Feign.
1. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material; SYN. fig.
2. A representation of a bodily form (especially of a person).
3. A predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating.
4. A combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape.
5. A number.
6. An amount of money expressed numerically.
7. The impression produced by a person.
8. A figurative expression; SYN. metaphor, expression, trope.
ETYM Latin tropus, Greek trepein to turn. Related to Torture, Trophy, Tropic, Troubadour, Trover.
Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense; SYN. figure of speech, figure, image.
Figure of speech; heading; Music, interpolation into a plainsong setting of the Mass.