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单词 refigure
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Definition of refigure in English:

refigure

verb riːˈfɪɡə
  • 1with object Optics. To improve, restore, or alter the profile of (a lens or mirror, especially the mirror of a reflecting telescope).

  • 2with object Chiefly North American. To calculate again arithmetically; to recalculate.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From re- + figure, originally after Middle French refigurer to remake, recreate or its etymon post-classical Latin refigurare to transform (Vulgate).

 
 

Definition of refigure in US English:

refigure

verbriːˈfɪɡə
  • 1with object Optics. To improve, restore, or alter the profile of (a lens or mirror, especially the mirror of a reflecting telescope).

  • 2with object Chiefly North American. To calculate again arithmetically; to recalculate.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From re- + figure, originally after Middle French refigurer to remake, recreate or its etymon post-classical Latin refigurare to transform (Vulgate).

 
 
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