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单词 refiguration
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refigurationn.

Brit. /ˌriːfɪɡəˈreɪʃn/, /ˌriːfɪɡjᵿˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrifɪɡjəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: see re- prefix and figuration n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, figuration n.
Etymology: < re- prefix + figuration n., after refigure v. Compare post-classical Latin refiguratio transformation (c400).
1. Reproduction, representation. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > [noun]
picture?a1439
representingc1443
portraiturea1450
refigurationc1475
effigiation?1533
figuring1534
representation1579
picturing1585
representmentc1590
presentationa1616
portrayment?1650
iconism1656
importraiture1834
portrayal1836
rendition1959
c1475 ( J. Hardyng Chron. (Harl.) (1812) 136 (MED) And refiguracion [1543 Grafton He made xii knightes of the order..In token of the table refyguracyon Of the brotherhede of Christes souper].
2. The action or an act of figuring or forming again; reconfiguration.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping > again or anew
re-forming?a1475
re-formationa1500
re-form1597
re-efformationa1631
new-modelling1646
remoulding1652
refiguration1829
reshaping1872
1829 T. Cooper tr. P. Cordier in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 15 123 The secular refiguration, continually increasing the thickness of the earth's crust, gives room to inquire, whether the incandescent matter submitted to this action passes entirely into a state of solidity.
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 44 In the strictly paleobotanic portion of the memoir,..there are, besides the refiguration and redescription of many of Heer's types, numerous points of special interest.
1977 F. McDonagh tr. T. Adorno in E. Bloch et al. Aesthetics & Politics 193 The primacy of the aesthetic object as pure refiguration.
1990 U. S. Patent 4,923,274 4 Avoiding the use of adhesives also allows the use of the device as a rematable connector instead of a permanent splice, to allow for future refiguration of the transmission system.
2004 Nineteenth-cent. Lit. 59 303 Smith's refiguration of Milton's simile involves Beachy Head in a chain of similitudes that suggests trouble both abroad and at home.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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