Represented in a particular form or shape; having a definite or distinctive form.
From Latin 'figuratus,' the past participle of 'figurare' (to figure, to form, to shape). This Latin adjective entered English to describe things that have been shaped or given form.
In mathematics, 'figurate numbers' are numbers that can be arranged into geometric shapes—like triangular numbers or square numbers—showing how humans found patterns by literally arranging pebbles into shapes.
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