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Webster 1913 Edition
Profile
Pro′file
,Noun.
1.
An outline, or contour;
as, the
. profile
of an apple2.
(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
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Profiled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Profiling
] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Profile
PROFILE
,Noun.
1.
Primarily, an outline of contour; hence, in sculpture and painting, a head or portrait represented sidewise or in a side view; the side face or half face; as, to draw or appear in profile; the profile of Pope or Addison.2.
In architecture, the contour or outline of a figure, building or member; also, the draught of a building, representing it as if cut down perpendicularly from the roof to the foundation.