figurational

Variant of figuration

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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