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

Arts

• Figurine, a miniature statuette representation of a creature
• Action figure, a poseable character figurine
• Model figure, a scale model of a creature
• Figure painting, realistic representation, especially of the human form
• Figure drawing

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
• Christ figure, a type of character
• in typesetting, text figures and lining figures

Accounting

• Figure, a synonym for number
• Significant figures in a decimal number

Sports

• Figure skating
• Compulsory Figures
• Figure competition, a form of physique competition for women, related to bodybuilding
• Beyer Speed Figure, a statistic in Thoroughbred racing

See also

• Figure 8 (disambiguation)