Figure, Figurative, Allegorical, Mystical, topological, Typical, etc.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
This difference, in my opinion, demonstrates well the topological relationships of various systems of the body, here especially of the skeletal, muscular, and vascular systems.
"Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae"
Marion Anne Jenkinson
In practical terms, that entailed first a series of exact measurements which had to be translated into the somewhat abstruse co-ordinate system we used based on the topological order of mass-points in the galaxy.
"Accidental Death"
Peter Baily