What does figure of eight mean?

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figure of eight

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

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The shape or form of an 8 (eight).

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figures of eight (plural) figure-of-eight (alternative)

figure eight figure-eight figure-8 figure 8

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