figure (noun)
51mother figure — noun a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother • Hypernyms: ↑woman, ↑adult female * * * noun, pl ⋯ ures [count] : an older woman who is respected and admired like a mother Camp counselors are mother figures to many of the… …
52action figure — noun : a small scale figure usually of a superhero used especially as a toy * * * noun, pl ⋯ ures [count] : a small usually plastic doll ◇ Action figures are made to look like superheroes, soldiers, robots, etc. * * * ˈaction figure 7 [action… …
53figure — 1. noun 1) the production figure Syn: statistic, number, quantity, amount, level, total, sum; (figures) data, information 2) the second figure was 9 Syn: digit …
54figure skating — UK / US noun [uncountable] a type of skating in which you have to jump, spin, and move round the ice in a particular way Derived word: figure skater noun countable Word forms figure skater : singular figure skater plural figure skaters …
55string figure — noun 1. : a figure representing any of various objects that is made by passing a string around the fingers of both hands sometimes with the help of a second person anthropologists find the making of string figures common in many simple cultures… …
56figure*/*/*/ — [ˈfɪgə] noun [C] I 1) a number that has been counted or calculated This year s sales figures were excellent.[/ex] 2) a price, cost, or other amount of money It s difficult to put an exact figure on the rebuilding work.[/ex] 3) a person A small… …
57figure — 1. noun 1) the figure for April Syn: statistic, number, quantity, amount, level, total, sum; (figures) data, statistics, information 2) the second figure was 9 Syn …
58significant figure — noun any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non zero digit and ending with the rightmost non zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value) he calculated the answer to four… …
59interference figure — noun : a figure observed with a conoscope when a section of a doubly refracting crystal is in the path traversed by convergent plane polarized light (as when a centered black cross is superimposed over a black spot at the center of a series of… …
60shadow figure — noun : silhouette * * * shadow figure noun A silhouette • • • Main Entry: ↑shadow * * * shadow figure, a flat figure or silhouette used in puppetry to cast shadows on a screen …
