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Figuration

The act of giving figure or determinate form.

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noun
  1. 1

    The act of giving figure or determinate form.

  2. 2

    The form of something, its outline or boundaries.

  3. 3

    Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.

  4. 4

    Mixture of concords and discords.

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efformationnoun(obsolete) The act of giving shape or form; formation.
formingverbThe act by which something is formed; formation.
definementnounThe act of defining.
informationnounThings that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
formalizationnounThe act of formalizing something.
depictionnoun(countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
determinisationnounAlternative form of determinization. [The act or process of determinizing.]
formularizationnounThe act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
determinizationnounThe act or process of determinizing.
descriptionnounA sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
fixagenounThe act of fixing or determining.
definitionnoun(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.
formulationnounThe act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
facturenoun(dated, business) An invoice or bill of parcels.
thingificationnounThe fact or process of turning something into a thing.
determinationnounThe act of determining, or the state of being determined.
conformationnounStructure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement.
delineationnounThe act of delineating; depiction.
structuralizationnounThe process or result of structuralizing; the giving of structure to something.
fitmentnounA thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.

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