Figure may refer to:

General

  • A shape, drawing, depiction, or geometric configuration
  • Figure (wood), wood appearance
  • Figure (music), distinguished from musical motif
  • Noise figure, in telecommunication
  • Dance figure, an elementary dance pattern
  • A person's figure, human physical appearance
  • Figure–ground (perception), the distinction between a visually perceived object and its surroundings

Arts

  • Figurine, a miniature statuette representation of a creature
  • Action figure, a posable jointed solid plastic character figurine
  • Figure painting, realistic representation, especially of the human form
  • Figure drawing
  • Model figure, a scale model of a creature

Writing

  • figure, in writing, a type of floating block (text, table, or graphic separate from the main text)
  • Figure of speech, also called a rhetorical figure
  • Christ figure, a type of character
  • in typesetting, text figures and lining figures

Accounting

  • Figure, a synonym for number
  • Significant figures in a decimal number

Science and technology

  • Figure of the Earth, the size and shape of the Earth in geodesy
  • Figure AI, an American robotics company

Sports

  • Figure (horse), a stallion who became the foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed
  • Figure skating
  • Compulsory figures
  • Figure competition, a form of physique competition for women, related to bodybuilding
  • Beyer Speed Figure, a statistic in Thoroughbred racing

People

  • Figure (musician), stage name of American electronic musician Josh Gard
  • Michael Figures (1947–1996), American politician
  • Shomari Figures (born 1985/1986), American politician
  • Thomas Figures (1944–2007), American attorney and judge
  • Vivian Davis Figures (born 1957), American politician

See also

  • Figure 8 (disambiguation)