Figure
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Figure may refer to:
- A shape, drawing, or representation
- Figure 8
- A person's figure
- Miniature representation of something
- Action figure, in arts
- a number
- a type of person, as in Christ figure
Writing
- a figure in writing is a type of floating block (text, table, or graphic separate from the main text)
- Figure of speech, also called a rhetorical figure
- in typesetting, text figures and lining figures
Accounting
- Figure, a synonym for a number
- Significant figures in a decimal number
Sports
- Figure skating
- Figure competition, a form of physique competition for women, related to bodybuilding
Other
- 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