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Figure is round, not entirely lifeless (6)

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I believe the answer is:

isogon

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'figure' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Regular figure' mean 'isogon' so perhaps 'figure' could also mean 'isogon')

'is round not entirely lifeless' is the wordplay.
'round' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'not' becomes 'no' (negative).
'entirely lifeless' becomes 'go' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'no'+'go'='nogo'
'nogo' back-to-front is 'ogon'.
'is'+'ogon'='ISOGON'

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(Other definitions for isogon that I've seen before include "Regular figure" , "Equiangular polygon" , "See plane figure" , "Equilateral triangle, say" .)

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