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General

• A shape, drawing, depiction, or geometric configuration
• Figure (wood), wood appearance
• Figure (music), distinguished from musical motif
• Noise figure, in telecommunication
• Dance figure, an elementary dance pattern
• A person's figure, human physical appearance

• Figure–ground (perception), the distinction between a visually perceived object and its surroundings

Arts

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

Writing

• figure, in writing, 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

Science

• Figure of the Earth, the size and shape of the Earth in geodesy

Sports

• Figure (horse), a stallion who became the foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed
• Figure skating
• Compulsory figures
• Figure competition, a form of physique competition for women, related to bodybuilding
• Beyer Speed Figure, a statistic in Thoroughbred racing

People

• Figure (musician), stage name of American electronic musician Josh Gard
• Michael Figures (1947–1996), American politician
• Thomas Figures (1944–2007), American attorney and judge
• Vivian Davis Figures (born 1957), American politician

See also

• Figure 8 (disambiguation)

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