figura

Definitions of figura
  1. noun
    any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
    synonyms: configurazione, isoipsa
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    convessità
    the property possessed by a convex shape
    curvamento, curvatura
    the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
    rotondità
    the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
    strozzatura
    a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
  2. noun
    a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
    synonyms: foto, fotografia, icona, immagine
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    dagherrotipo
    a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
    ingrandimento
    a photographic print that has been enlarged
    fotocopia
    a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
    istantanea
    an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
    radiografia
    a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
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    descrizione, fotografia, raffigurazione, rappresentazione
    a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
  3. noun
    one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
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    regina
    one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
  4. noun
    the impression produced by a person
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    effetto, impressione, presa
    an outward appearance
  5. noun
    a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
    synonyms: figura retorica
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    anacoluto
    an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
    ripetizione
    the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
    anastrofe
    the reversal of the normal order of words
    antitesi
    the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
    esclamazione
    an exclamatory rhetorical device
    onomatopea
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
    occupazione, preterizione
    suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
    anticipazione, prolessi
    anticipating and answering objections in advance
    figura retorica, sospensione
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    anafora
    repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
    metafora, traslato
    a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
    prosopopea
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
    sineddoche
    substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
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    accorgimento, espediente, invenzione, ritrovato
    something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
  6. noun
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    synonyms: figura retorica, sospensione
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    metafora, traslato
    a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
    prosopopea
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
    sineddoche
    substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
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    figura retorica
    a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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