figuration

figuration
    n 1: representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory
    2: decorating with a design
    

Figuration \Fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. figuratio.]
   1. The act of giving figure or determinate form;
      determination to a certain form. --Bacon.
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   2. (Mus.) Mixture of concords and discords.
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117 Moby Thesaurus words for "figuration":
      Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, alphabet, archetype,
      art, art form, blueprint, build, cast, charactering,
      characterization, chart, choreography, configuration, conformation,
      contour, conventional representation, creation, cut,
      dance notation, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment,
      diagram, drama, drawing, efformation, exemplification, fashion,
      fashioning, features, figure, form, format, formation, formature,
      forming, frame, framework, genre, gestalt, hieroglyphic,
      iconography, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, impression,
      inner form, layout, letter, limning, line, lineaments, lineation,
      lines, logogram, logograph, main features, make, makeup, map,
      matrix, modality, mode, model, modeling, mold, molding,
      morphogenesis, morphogeny, musical notation, notation, outline,
      pattern, pictogram, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal,
      prefigurement, presentment, printing, profile, projection,
      prototype, realization, relief, rendering, rendition,
      representation, schema, score, script, sculpture, set, shape,
      shapes, shaping, significant form, silhouette, skeleton, stamp,
      structure, style, syllabary, symbol, symbolism, symbolization,
      tablature, tournure, turn, type, typification, writing