FIGURATION

figuration

(noun) decorating with a design

figuration

(noun) representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

figuration (countable and uncountable, plural figurations)

The act of giving figure or determinate form.

The form of something, its outline or boundaries.

Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.

Mixture of concords and discords.

(art) The representation of an object through visual forms.

(sociology) A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.

Anagrams

• autofiring

Source: Wiktionary


Fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. figuratio.]

1. The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. Bacon.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: Mixture of concords and discords.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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