Webster's English Dictionary

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figuration

fig.u.ra.tion \.fig-(y)*-'ra--sh*n\ n 1: the act or process of creating or 
   providing a figure  2: FORM, OUTLINE  3: an act or instance of 
   representation in figures and shapes  4: ornamentation of a musical passage 
   by using decorative and usu. repetiti ve figures