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  1. figurateadjective

    Forming a figure.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Figurateadjective

    Etymology: figuratus, Latin.

    Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not; for look how far the spirit is able to spread and continue itself, so far goeth the shape or figure, and then is determined. Francis Bacon.

Wikipedia

  1. figurate

    The term figurate number is used by different writers for members of different sets of numbers, generalizing from triangular numbers to different shapes (polygonal numbers) and different dimensions (polyhedral numbers). The term can mean polygonal number a number represented as a discrete r-dimensional regular geometric pattern of r-dimensional balls such as a polygonal number (for r = 2) or a polyhedral number (for r = 3). a member of the subset of the sets above containing only triangular numbers, pyramidal numbers, and their analogs in other dimensions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Figurateadjective

    of a definite form or figure

  2. Figurateadjective

    figurative; metaphorical

  3. Figurateadjective

    florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant

  4. Etymology: [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See Figure.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of figurate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of figurate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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