Etymology: [ 'kän-"tur ] (noun.) 1662. French, from Italian contorno, from contornare to round off, from Medieval Latin, to turn around, from Latin com- + tornare to turn on a lathe; more at TURN.
A curved shape, A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth, Line on a map drawn through points of equal elevation, a series of curves forming a closed path in a plane or on a surface Also, stress and displacement contours that represent lines connecting stresses and displacements of the same magnitude, outline; outer edge of a figure, An imaginary outline of points on the ground which are at the same altitude relative to mean sea level, Slope or profile of the ground, A line on a map that joins places of the same elevation (height) above sea level (or a specified datum surface, Linear demarcation of the land surface that indicates places of equal elevation; the lines on a map that connect these points, The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery, A closed shape, part of an *outline In most fonts, the letters S, i and B have one, two and three contours respectively In TrueType, black (solid) contours are defined by clockwise control points, white contours (holes) are defined anti-clockwise Note that while this is the reverse of PostScript fonts, many people are used to the clockwise black outlines presented by *Fontographer, The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification, a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height form the contours of, a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration", A series of lines on a map connecting points of equal elevation, (or isoquant) of a function, f The projection of its graph into its domain: {x in X: f(x) = c}, where c is the contour value, A line of equal height, used to display a 3D surface on a 2D map, A line drawn on a map connecting points of the same elevation, Imaginary line on ground, all points of which are at the same elevation above or below a specific datum, An imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of the same elevation A line drawn on a map connecting the points of the same elevation, form the contours of, any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke", draw the outline of; mold to fit a certain shape, You can refer to the general shape or outline of an object as its contours. the texture and colour of the skin, the contours of the body, A contour on a map is a line joining points of equal height and indicating hills, valleys, and the steepness of slopes. a contour map showing two hills and this large mountain in the middle, a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height, a line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation, Imaginary line on the ground, all points of which are at the same elevation above or below a specified datum, An imaginary line connecting points of equal elevation, A line connecting points of equal elevation, Line joining points of uniform elevation (or depression) marked on a map or chart, An imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of the same elevation or a line drawn on a map connecting points of the same elevation This term may include allowable deviations from the true contour, line drawn on a map to join points of equal height Contours are drawn at regular height intervals; for example, every 10 m The closer together the lines are, the steeper the slope, An imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of the same elevation, or such a line drawn on a map, An imaginary line that connects all points on a surface having the same elevation, a line around a shape in a work of art, its nature depending on the artist's concept and intention In medieval painting, contours were initially regular, flat outlines; in the course of the 14th century they acquired more sense of spatial effect, and appear to be alternately more and less emphatic Later, the effect of contour in painting and graphic art became particularly important to artistic movements in which line and draughtsmanship was a prominent factor, An imaginary line of constant elevation on the ground surface The corresponding line on a map is called a "contour line ", Contours are lines that connect points of equal elevation Index contours are darker lines that typically mark every 5th contour and are labeled with the elevation In case you wondered, Bathymetry represents the contours below sea level, Smoothly shaped, Simple past tense and past participle of contour, a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face, the building up of muscles with exercise, Present participle of contour, the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable, A contoured surface has curves and slopes on it, rather than being flat. the lush fairways and contoured greens of the course Sophia settled into her comfortably contoured seat, In digital facsimile, density step lines in the recorded copy resulting from analog-to-digital conversion when the object, i e , the original, has observable shades of gray between the smallest density steps of the digital system, Deep toning of muscles using calisthenics, A visual effect in an image as a result of low brightness resolution which appears as bands of sharp, distinct, brightness change Very similar to banding, Walking along the side of a hill, whilst maintaining the same height Sometimes done to avoid a rocky step in a ridge, or out of laziness, to avoid walking over a bump, a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to defione contours on the face, The process of removing material completely outside of a line or region, plural of contour,
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A curved shape - "The low drag contour of a modern automobile."
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A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth
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Line on a map drawn through points of equal elevation
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a series of curves forming a closed path in a plane or on a surface Also, stress and displacement contours that represent lines connecting stresses and displacements of the same magnitude
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outline; outer edge of a figure isim
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An imaginary outline of points on the ground which are at the same altitude relative to mean sea level
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Slope or profile of the ground
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A line on a map that joins places of the same elevation (height) above sea level (or a specified datum surface
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Linear demarcation of the land surface that indicates places of equal elevation; the lines on a map that connect these points
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The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery
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A closed shape, part of an *outline In most fonts, the letters S, i and B have one, two and three contours respectively In TrueType, black (solid) contours are defined by clockwise control points, white contours (holes) are defined anti-clockwise Note that while this is the reverse of PostScript fonts, many people are used to the clockwise black outlines presented by *Fontographer
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The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification
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a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height form the contours of
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a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"
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A series of lines on a map connecting points of equal elevation
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(or isoquant) of a function, f The projection of its graph into its domain: {x in X: f(x) = c}, where c is the contour value
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A line of equal height, used to display a 3D surface on a 2D map
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A line drawn on a map connecting points of the same elevation
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Imaginary line on ground, all points of which are at the same elevation above or below a specific datum
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An imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of the same elevation A line drawn on a map connecting the points of the same elevation
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form the contours of
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any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
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draw the outline of; mold to fit a certain shape fiil
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You can refer to the general shape or outline of an object as its contours. the texture and colour of the skin, the contours of the body
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A contour on a map is a line joining points of equal height and indicating hills, valleys, and the steepness of slopes. a contour map showing two hills and this large mountain in the middle
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a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
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a line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation
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Imaginary line on the ground, all points of which are at the same elevation above or below a specified datum
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An imaginary line connecting points of equal elevation
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A line connecting points of equal elevation
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Line joining points of uniform elevation (or depression) marked on a map or chart
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An imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of the same elevation or a line drawn on a map connecting points of the same elevation This term may include allowable deviations from the true contour
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line drawn on a map to join points of equal height Contours are drawn at regular height intervals; for example, every 10 m The closer together the lines are, the steeper the slope
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An imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of the same elevation, or such a line drawn on a map
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An imaginary line that connects all points on a surface having the same elevation
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a line around a shape in a work of art, its nature depending on the artist's concept and intention In medieval painting, contours were initially regular, flat outlines; in the course of the 14th century they acquired more sense of spatial effect, and appear to be alternately more and less emphatic Later, the effect of contour in painting and graphic art became particularly important to artistic movements in which line and draughtsmanship was a prominent factor
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An imaginary line of constant elevation on the ground surface The corresponding line on a map is called a "contour line "
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Contours are lines that connect points of equal elevation Index contours are darker lines that typically mark every 5th contour and are labeled with the elevation In case you wondered, Bathymetry represents the contours below sea level
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contoured
Smoothly shaped
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contoured
Simple past tense and past participle of contour
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contouring
a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face
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contouring
the building up of muscles with exercise
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contouring
Present participle of contour
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contouring
the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable
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contoured
A contoured surface has curves and slopes on it, rather than being flat. the lush fairways and contoured greens of the course Sophia settled into her comfortably contoured seat
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contouring
In digital facsimile, density step lines in the recorded copy resulting from analog-to-digital conversion when the object, i e , the original, has observable shades of gray between the smallest density steps of the digital system
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contouring
Deep toning of muscles using calisthenics
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contouring
A visual effect in an image as a result of low brightness resolution which appears as bands of sharp, distinct, brightness change Very similar to banding
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contouring
Walking along the side of a hill, whilst maintaining the same height Sometimes done to avoid a rocky step in a ridge, or out of laziness, to avoid walking over a bump
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contouring
a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to defione contours on the face
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contouring
The process of removing material completely outside of a line or region
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