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fig

fig

24 4.2
A short label for a picture or diagram in a book
  • noun
  • /fɪg/
  • Specialized
translation icon : figura
  • The chart in the report used FIG. 5 to illustrate the sales trends over the last decade.
  • fig. 3
  • fig. 1
  • fig. 2

Examples

  • Figure by the author. FIG. 2 -- Black Population, Seattle Central District, 1950.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Figure by the author. # FIG. 13 -- Change in Black Population, Seattle Central District, 2000-2010.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Figure by the author. FIG. 12 - Black Population, Seattle Central District, 2010.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Figure by the author. FIG. 9 -- Change in Black Population, Seattle Central District, 1980-1990.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Figure by the author. FIG. 3 -- Change in Black Population, Seattle Central District, 1930-1950.

    Academic text (2013)

  • "Air View of Grand Canyon, Arizona," 1938. FIG. 4 -- A Fake Canyon View.

    Academic text (2012)

  • PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): FIG. 9-View of a portion of El Suburbio from the air.

    Academic text (1991)

  • (Photograph by Larry Ford, July 2006) MAP: FIG. 5--Central Trieste, including the retail core and Chinatown.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The painting is illustrated in Oppenheimer, "Nisa Villers," 168, figs. 4, 5.26.

    Academic text (2015)

  • In his paper, he referred to FIG. 2 to clarify the experimental setup visually.

Synonyms

figure
vsfig
234 3.1

The shape of a person's body

is narrower, a shortened label used only for diagrams illustrating text
illustration
vsfig
66 2.8

A picture in a book that helps explain or decorate the text

is an abbreviated label used to refer to diagrams in text

Compounds

fig tree
8 1.3

A tree that grows sweet pear-shaped fruit you can eat

fig leaf
  • Informal
4 6.7

Something used to hide a wrong or embarrassing action

flying fig
  • Archaic
1 9.6

A thing that is not important or worth worrying about

strangler fig
1 8.5

A tropical tree that begins life on another tree then grows around and often kills it

blue fig
  • Australian
9.9

An Australian tree with hard white wood and small glossy blue fruit

blue fig
  • Australian
9.3

A small edible blue fruit from an Australian tree with soft flesh and one seed

Botany Bay fig
  • Australian
8.0

A large Australian fig tree with big leaves and wide branches often planted for shade or as a garden tree

common fig tree
2.8

A Mediterranean tree that makes sweet edible figs

common fig
3.1

A tree from warm regions that grows small sweet fruit eaten fresh or dried

devil's fig
  • US
9.9

A prickly plant with large white or yellow flowers that grows in warm parts of America

East Indian fig tree
7.5

A large Indian tree that sends roots down from branches to form new trunks

fig leaf
2.7

A large lobed leaf from a fig tree

fig marigold
  • South African
9.9

A small plant from South Africa with bright pink or white flowers often grown in gardens

fig moth
8.6

An insect whose caterpillars eat and make webs in dried figs and other stored fruits

fig wax
  • UK
9.9

A hard pale wax from fig tree leaves in Java used in polishes and cosmetics

fig-bird
  • Australian
9.5

A green and yellow Australian bird that eats mainly figs and other fruit

fig-shaped
5.2

Having a wide middle and narrow ends like a fig fruit

Florida strangler fig
  • Specialized
8.5

A large tree that starts on another tree and grows roots that wrap and cover the host

little-leaf fig
  • Australian
8.8

An Australian tree with small leaves often grown for gardens and brushwood

mistletoe fig
  • Specialized
9.1

A small tropical tree grown as a houseplant with thick waxy round leaves

mulberry fig
9.5

A large tree with wide branches from Africa and southwest Asia that grows small edible figs

golden fig
  • US
9.4

A tree that starts on another tree and grows thick roots over rocks and buildings

Hottentot fig
  • NSFW
9.9

A low plant with thick, fleshy leaves and sweet edible fruit from South Africa

Hottentot's fig
  • NSFW
9.9

A low plant with thick leaves that grows on coastal sand and has edible fruit

India-rubber fig
  • Archaic
8.0

A big tropical tree with large shiny leaves grown indoors and once used to make rubber

sacred fig
  • Indian
8.7

A large fig tree from India that people in Buddhism and Hinduism consider holy

Port Jackson fig
  • Australian
8.7

A large Australian tree with wide branches and roots that hang down, often planted for shade

sycamore fig
  • South African
9.0

A large spreading tree from Africa and Asia that makes small edible but not very tasty figs

sour fig
  • South African
9.2

A low plant from South Africa with thick leaves that makes small edible fruit

wild fig
  • US
6.9

A tropical tree that grows in warm places and has small sweet fruit

Surface Forms

fig singular
figs plural

Etymology

The short form fig is short for figure, from Latin figura meaning 'shape' or 'form', so when you see 'fig.' it points you to a picture or diagram in the text.