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Profile Meaning & Definition
Profile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Profile?

[n] biographical sketch
[n] a graph representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
[n] a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
[n] a side view representation of an object (especially a human face)
[v] represent in profile, by drawing or painting
[v] write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"

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See Also | biography | chart | compose | cross section | horizon | indite | interpret | life | life history | life story | pen | population profile | represent | side view | soil horizon | soil profile | write

Profile In Webster's Dictionary

\Pro"file\, n. [It. profilo, fr. L. pro before + filum a thread, an outline, shape: cf. F. profil. See {File} arow, and cf. {Purfle}, {Purl}, a fringe.] 1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple. 2. (Paint & Sculp.) A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face. 3. (a) (Arch.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like. (b) (Civil Engin.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc. {Profile paper} (Civil Engin.), paper ruled with vertical and horizontal lines forming small oblong rectangles, adapted for drawing profiles.
\Pro"file\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profiling}] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See {Profile}, n.] 1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member. 2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. {Profiling machine}, a jigging machine.

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