FIGURE OF EIGHT meaning: Knot resembling the number eight

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figure-of-eight: Merriam-Webster
figure of eight: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
figure of eight: Collins English Dictionary
figure of eight: Vocabulary.com
figure of eight: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
figure-of-eight, figure of eight: Wiktionary
figure of eight: Infoplease Dictionary
figure of eight: Dictionary.com
Figure of Eight (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
figure of eight: Rhymezone
figure of eight: FreeDictionary.org
figure of eight: Mnemonic Dictionary
Figure-of-eight, figure of eight: TheFreeDictionary.com
figure of eight: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Figure Of Eight: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (figure of eight)

▸ noun:  The shape or form of an 8 (eight).
▸ noun:  (climbing, caving) A device for abseiling, so-called for its shape.
▸ noun:  A type of knot.

Opposite:

figure of infinity, lemniscate, Möbius strip

Phrases:

figure of eight knot, figure of eight suture, graduated scale in a figure of eight, more...

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