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Figuration

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Noun

1. figuration

representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory

2. figuration

decorating with a design

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Figuration

see synonyms of figuration
noun
1. music
a. 
the employment of characteristic patterns of notes, esp in variations on a theme
b. 
decoration or florid ornamentation in general
2. 
the act or an instance of representing figuratively, as by means of allegory or emblem
3. 
a figurative or emblematic representation
4. 
the act of decorating with a design

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Figuration

see synonyms 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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Figuration

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n.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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