FIGURATION


Meaning of FIGURATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfi-g(y)ə-ˈrā-shən ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1. : form , outline

2. : the act or process of creating or providing a figure

3. : an act or instance of representation in figures and shapes

cubism was explained as a synthesis of colored figuration s of objects — Janet Flanner

4. : ornamentation of a musical passage by using decorative and usually repetitive figures

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.