conventional figure (noun)

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• star — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; akin to Old High German sterno star, Latin stella, Greek astēr, astron Date: before 12th century 1. a. a natural luminous body visible in the sky… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• star — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sun, celestial body; pentagram, asterisk; prima donna, primo uomo, leading man or lady, chief performer; destiny; planet. See indication, drama, repute. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A luminous heavenly… …   English dictionary for students

• star — /sta / (say stah) noun 1. any of the heavenly bodies appearing as apparently fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astronomy any of the self luminous bodies outside the solar system, as distinguished from planets, comets, and meteors. The …  

• square — noun 1》 a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.     ↘something that is the shape of a square or a cube.     ↘historical a body of infantry drawn up in rectangular form. 2》 an open, typically four sided, area… …   English new terms dictionary

• heart — noun 1》 a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2》 the central, innermost, or vital part of something. 3》 a conventional representation of a heart with two equal curves… …   English new terms dictionary

• diamond — noun 1》 a precious stone consisting of a clear and colourless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance. 2》 a figure with four straight sides of equal length forming two opposite acute angles and two opposite… …   English new terms dictionary

• suit — noun 1》 a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt.     ↘a set of clothes for a particular activity: a jogging suit.     ↘informal a high… …   English new terms dictionary

• device — noun Etymology: Middle English devis, devise, from Anglo French, division, plan, from deviser to divide, regulate, tell more at devise Date: 14th century 1. something devised or contrived: as a. (1) plan, procedure, technique …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• reference mark — noun : a conventional mark (as *, †, ‡, §, ‖, ¶, ☞) or a superior figure or letter placed in a text for directing attention to a footnote or a key on the same or another page see respectively asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section, parallel,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… …   Wikipedia

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium