Associations to the word «Figural»

Wiktionary

FIGURAL, adjective. Representing by means of a figure; emblematic.
FIGURAL, adjective. Figurative, not literal.
FIGURAL, adjective. (mathematics) (obsolete) Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure.
FIGURAL, adjective. (obsolete) Pertaining to a figure, shape.
FIGURAL, adjective. (rare) Pertaining to (human) figures.
FIGURAL, adjective. (music) Figurate.

Dictionary definition

FIGURAL, adjective. Consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.