figure eight
(ɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a figure or form composed of two loops formed by a continuous line crossing itself, as in the figure 8, esp. as traced on ice in figure skating.
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analysis situs
(topology, analysis situs)
Princeton's WordNet
the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions
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topology
(topology, analysis situs)
Princeton's WordNet
the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions
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circumscribe
(circumscribe)
Princeton's WordNet
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
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roulette
(roulette, line roulette)
Princeton's WordNet
a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
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line roulette
(roulette, line roulette)
Princeton's WordNet
a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
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quadrilateral
Webster Dictionary
a plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines
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inversion
Webster Dictionary
a peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse
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inscribe
(ɪnˈskraɪb)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Geom. to draw (one figure) within another figure so that the inner lies entirely within the boundary of the outer, touching it at as many points as possible:
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card
(ɑrd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a card with a picture of a sports or other figure on one side and information about the figure on the other.
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symmetry
(ˈsɪm ɪ tri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a type of regularity, as of a circle or other plane figure, that is characterized by the geometric operations, as rotation or reflection, that leave a figure unchanged.
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polygon
(ˈpɒl iˌgɒn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a figure, esp. a closed plane figure, having three or more, usu. straight, sides.
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subfigure
(subfigure)
Princeton's WordNet
a figure that is a part of another figure
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circumscribe
(ˈsɜr kəmˌskraɪb, ˌsɜr kəmˈskraɪb)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible.
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generation
(ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the production of a geometrical figure by the motion of another figure.
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term
Webster Dictionary
a quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3
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capricorn
Webster Dictionary
a southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish
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figurative
Webster Dictionary
relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2
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circumscribe
(ˈsɜr kəmˌskraɪb, ˌsɜr kəmˈskraɪb)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner.
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body
Webster Dictionary
a figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure
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ring
Webster Dictionary
the solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure
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pyramid
Webster Dictionary
a solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base
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figure
Webster Dictionary
the representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
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crucifix
Webster Dictionary
a representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions
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shape
Webster Dictionary
that which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being
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parallelogram
Webster Dictionary
a right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles
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dummy
Webster Dictionary
an imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc
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contrast
Webster Dictionary
to give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object
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stratarithmetry
Webster Dictionary
the art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure
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effigy
Webster Dictionary
the image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits
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