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two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape

figure - a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

heart - a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"

polygon, polygonal shape - a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides

conic, conic section - (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone

oblong - a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation

hemicycle, semicircle - a plane figure with the shape of half a circle

sector - a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

star - a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem

paraboloid - a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis

ellipsoid - a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles; "the Earth is an ellipsoid"

tree diagram, tree - a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree"

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But most have found reason to praise Williams, who elevates the rather two-dimensional figure with a clever performance.

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Caption: FIGURE 4: The STFT representation with a long window of the sample signal: (a) two-dimensional figure and (b) three-dimensional figure.

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But Plummer doesn't judge this Mississippi minister's daughter so harshly that she becomes a two-dimensional figure.

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transformation - change or movement of a two-dimensional figure (i.e., a slide, flip, or turn)

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She also used power point slides in teaching two-dimensional figures and geometry to show more pictures in students' daily life that have the same shapes as such taught concepts.

Why are language and literacy important in understanding mathematics?

The role was a groundbreaking one in the sense that Fara was an empathetic Muslim working for the CIA and opposed to terrorism, while most characters identifiable as Muslims in films and television are terrorists, even though many are now portrayed with a depth of character and not simply as two-dimensional figures tossing bombs and spouting fury.

Boniadi's character killed by terrorist on 'Homeland'

Unlike Murakami's DOB, with its wide-eyed, flat affect, these two-dimensional figures proudly announce the three-dimensionality of their hurt: They may look like paper dolls, but their wounds are spatial (the arrows puncture their flatness) and the spelling mistake ("fat lipp") adds texture.

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Unfortunately author David Frango's characters are two-dimensional figures which puts a barrier between the reader and the drama.

The Ghost on the Brooklyn Bridge: Epona's Night Journey

At one point, the participants were asked to meet an experimental standard by determining which of five two-dimensional figures when folded would match a three-dimensional figure previously displayed.

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