(mathematics, number theory) A number equal to the number of dots in a geometric figure formed of dots. The series begins with unity and is formed so that subtracting each from the following, and treating the series so formed in the same way, by a continuation of the process, yields equal differences.

A jointed model of the human body used by artists, or to display clothes. / An unimportant person; a character (especially in fiction) lacking individuality.

plural of figure skater

plural of figure-of-eight

An ice skate used for figure skating.

To practice figure skating

(architecture) a statue with a head or bust carved out of the top of a square tapering pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome. / Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries.

plural of figure dash

simple past tense and past participle of figure out

(informal) Reasoning, logic.