Figure

Figure may refer to:

  • A shape, drawing, or representation
  • Figure, wood appearance
  • Musical figure, distinguished from musical motif
  • Shaping a mirror on a reflective telescope
  • Noise figure, in telecommunication
  • Dance figure, an elementary dance pattern
  • Vivian Davis Figures, Democratic member of the Alabama State Senate
  • A person's figure, human physical appearance

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Famous quotes containing the word figure:

    “For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.”
    —Ethel Barrymore (1897–1959)

    “A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.”
    —Minna Antrim (1861–?)

    “I can see that figure now—pallidly neat, pitiably respectable, incurably forlorn! It was Bartleby.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)