Definition of "figure" []

• A written or printed symbol representing something other than a letter, especially a number. (noun)
• Mathematical calculations: good at figures. (noun)
• An amount represented in numbers: sold for a large figure. (noun)
• Mathematics A geometric form consisting of any combination of points, lines, or planes: A triangle is a plane figure. (noun)
• The outline, form, or silhouette of a thing. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Now, since the recurring decimal. [.9] is equal to 9/9, and therefore to 1, it is evident that, although the clown who bears the figure 1 is absent, the man who bears the figure 9 by this simple artifice has for the occasion given his _figure_ the value of the"
• "Hence, when we acquire the idea of solidity, we acquire at the same time the idea of FIGURE; and this idea of figure, or motion of _a part_ of the organ of touch, exactly resembles _in its figure_ the figure of the body that occasions it; and thus exactly acquaints us with this property of the external world."
• "Reason it rocks: The fact that the main figure is screaming his throat raw with the headliners of the issue is enough for me."