figuration

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(fig′yo̵̅o̅ rā′s̸hən, -yə-)

noun

  1. a forming; shaping
  2. form; appearance
  3. representation or symbolization
  4. Music the repetition of a figure or motif, esp. in variations on a theme

Origin: ME figuracioun < L figuratio < figuratus: see figurative

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See figuration in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of forming something into a particular shape.
  2. A shape, form, or outline.
  3. The act of representing with figures.
  4. A figurative representation.
  5. Music
    a. Ornamentation of a passage by embellishing and often repeating figures.
    b. The pattern made by such embellishment or repetition.

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