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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley