in Physics, expresses the surface or terminating extremities of any body. Figures, in Arithmetic, are certain characters by which we denote any number which may be expressed by any combination of the nine digits. Figure, amongst divines, is used to signify the mysteries represented under certain types. Figure, in Dancing, denotes the several steps which the dancer makes as marking certain figures on the floor. Figure, in Painting and Designing, denotes the lines and colours which form the representation of any animal, but more particularly of the human form. Figure, in Logic, denotes a certain order and disposition of the middle term in any syllogism. (See Logic.)

Figure of Speech is defined the using a word in a sense different from what is proper to it; and the new or uncommon sense of the word is termed the figurative sense. Figure, in Theology, is used for the mysteries represented or delivered obscurely to us under certain types or actions, in the Old Testament.