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Webster 1913 Edition
Contour
Con-tour′
,Noun.
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
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2.
(Mil.)
The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
Contour feathers
(Zool.)
, 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Contour
CONTOUR
,Noun.
Definition 2025
contour
contour
English
The picture in the lower half shows the contours of elevation of the mountains above. The points on a single curve are at same elevation. Different lines may be at different elevation whose value is given in between the lines
Noun
contour (plural contours)
- An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
- The low drag contour of a modern automobile.
- A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
- (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
Hyponyms
- (speech sound): diphthong, contour tone, affricate
Translations
outline, boundary or border
line on a map or chart
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See also
- Appendix:Contours