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Contour

Contour Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Contour? [n] any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke" [n] a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height [v] form the contours of Synonyms \| Synonyms for Contour: configuration \| conformation \| contour line \| form \| shape Related Terms \| Find terms related to Contour: broad lines \| configuration \| delineate \| delineation \| features \| figuration \| figure \| framework \| galbe \| gestalt \| limn \| line \| lineaments \| lineation \| lines \| main features \| outline \| profile \| relief \| shapes \| silhouette \| skeleton \| tournure See Also \| angularity \| bluntness \| concaveness \| concavity \| convexity \| convexness \| crookedness \| curvature \| curve \| delineate \| dullness \| dulness \| keenness \| limn \| line \| lobularity \| narrowing \| outline \| roundness \| sharpness \| spatial property \| spatiality \| straightness \| stratification \| streamline \| thalweg \| topography Contour In Webster's Dictionary \Con*tour"\, n. [F. contour, fr. contourner to mark the outlines; con- + tourner to turn. See {Turn}.] 1. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery. Titian's coloring and contours. --A. Drummond. 2. (Mil.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification. {Contour feathers} (Zo["o]l.), those feathers that form the general covering of a bird. {Contour of ground} (Surv.), the outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc. {Contour line} (Topographical Suv.), the line in which a horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in a map or chart.

Contour Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contour?

[n] any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
[n] a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
[v] form the contours of

Contour In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*tour"\, n. [F. contour, fr. contourner to mark the
outlines; con- + tourner to turn. See {Turn}.]
1. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines
   representing such an outline; the line that bounds;
   periphery.

         Titian's coloring and contours.       --A. Drummond.

2. (Mil.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground,
   or of works of fortification.

{Contour feathers} (Zo["o]l.), those feathers that form the
   general covering of a bird.

{Contour of ground} (Surv.), the outline of the surface of
   ground with respect to its undulation, etc.

{Contour line} (Topographical Suv.), the line in which a
   horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the
   corresponding line in a map or chart.

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