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contour
con·tour C0604200 (kŏn′to͝or′)n.1. a. The outline of a figure, body, or mass. See Synonyms at form.b. A line that represents such an outline. See Synonyms at outline.2. A contour line.3. a. A varying characteristic or quality of something, such as a melody.b. Linguistics The distinctive rising and falling patterns of pitch, tone, or stress.tr.v. con·toured, con·tour·ing, con·tours 1. To make or shape the outline of; represent in contour.2. To build (a road, for example) to follow the contour of the land.adj.1. Following the contour lines of uneven terrain to limit erosion of topsoil: contour plowing.2. Shaped to fit the outline or form of something: a contour sheet.
[French, alteration (influenced by tour, turn) of Italian contorno, from contornare, to draw in outline : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + Latin tornāre, to round off (from tornus, lathe, from Greek tornos; see terə- in Indo-European roots).]contour (ˈkɒntʊə) n1. the outline of a mass of land, figure, or body; a defining line2. (Physical Geography) a. See contour lineb. (as modifier): a contour map. 3. (often plural) the shape or surface, esp of a curving form: the contours of her body were full and round. 4. (modifier) shaped to fit the form of something: a contour chair. 5. (Phonetics & Phonology) a rising and falling variation pattern, as in music and intonationvb (tr) 6. to shape so as to form the contour of something7. (Physical Geography) to mark contour lines on8. (Civil Engineering) to construct (a road, railway, etc) to follow the outline of the land[C17: from French, from Italian contorno, from contornare to sketch, from tornare to turn]con•tour (ˈkɒn tʊər)
n. 1. the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object. 2. contour line. 3. a distinctive pattern of changes in pitch, stress, or tone extending across all or part of an utterance. v.t. 4. to mark with contour lines. 5. to make or form the contour or outline of. 6. to build (a road, railroad track, etc.) in conformity with the contour of the land. 7. to mold or shape so as to fit a certain configuration or form: seats contoured for comfort. adj. 8. molded or shaped to fit a particular contour or form: contour sheets. 9. of or pertaining to a system of cultivating hilly land along the natural contours of the slopes in order to prevent runoff and erosion. [1655–65; < French, =con- con- + tour a turn (see tour), modeled on Italian contorno, derivative of contornare to outline] contour
Past participle: contoured
Gerund: contouring
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| I contoured | | you contoured | | he/she/it contoured | | we contoured | | you contoured | | they contoured |
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| I am contouring | | you are contouring | | he/she/it is contouring | | we are contouring | | you are contouring | | they are contouring |
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| I have contoured | | you have contoured | | he/she/it has contoured | | we have contoured | | you have contoured | | they have contoured |
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| I was contouring | | you were contouring | | he/she/it was contouring | | we were contouring | | you were contouring | | they were contouring |
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| I had contoured | | you had contoured | | he/she/it had contoured | | we had contoured | | you had contoured | | they had contoured |
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| I will contour | | you will contour | | he/she/it will contour | | we will contour | | you will contour | | they will contour |
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| I will have contoured | | you will have contoured | | he/she/it will have contoured | | we will have contoured | | you will have contoured | | they will have contoured |
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| I will be contouring | | you will be contouring | | he/she/it will be contouring | | we will be contouring | | you will be contouring | | they will be contouring |
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| I have been contouring | | you have been contouring | | he/she/it has been contouring | | we have been contouring | | you have been contouring | | they have been contouring |
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| I will have been contouring | | you will have been contouring | | he/she/it will have been contouring | | we will have been contouring | | you will have been contouring | | they will have been contouring |
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| I had been contouring | | you had been contouring | | he/she/it had been contouring | | we had been contouring | | you had been contouring | | they had been contouring |
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| I would contour | | you would contour | | he/she/it would contour | | we would contour | | you would contour | | they would contour |
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| I would have contoured | | you would have contoured | | he/she/it would have contoured | | we would have contoured | | you would have contoured | | they would have contoured |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  contour - a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal heightcontour lineisometric, isometric line - a line connecting isometric pointsthalweg - a line following the lowest points of a valley | | 2. |  contour - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"shape, configuration, conformation, formkeenness, sharpness - thinness of edge or fineness of pointbluntness, dullness - without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"spatial property, spatiality - any property relating to or occupying spacetopography - the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural featureslobularity - the property of having lobulesconcaveness, concavity - the property possessed by a concave shapeconvexity, convexness - the property possessed by a convex shapeangularity - the property possessed by a shape that has anglesnarrowing - an instance of becoming narrowcurvature, curve - the property possessed by the curving of a line or surfaceroundness - the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angularstraightness - freedom from crooks or curves or bends or anglescrookedness - having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or anglesstratification - a layered configuration | | 3. | contour - 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"characteristic, feature - a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" | | Verb | 1. | contour - form the contours oflimn, outline, delineate - trace the shape ofstreamline - contour economically or efficiently |
contournoun outline, profile, lines, form, figure, shape, relief, curve, silhouette The light of dawn began to outline the contours of the hills.contournounA line marking and shaping the outer form of an object:delineation, outline, profile, silhouette.Translationscontour (ˈkontuə) noun1. an outline. the contours of the coastline. 輪廓 轮廓2. (also contour line) on a map, a line joining points at the same height or depth. 等高線 等高线contour
contour or contour line, line on a topographic map connecting points of equal elevation above or below mean sea level. It is thus a kind of isopleth, or line of equal quantity. Contour lines are drawn on maps with a uniform interval of vertical distance separating them (usually 10, 20, 50, or 100 ft on American maps) and thus outline the landform configuration, or relief. They may be visualized as representing shorelines if sea level were raised in small increments. Thus the tops of hills, which would appear as separate islands, are shown as a series of closed circular contours; valleys, which would appear as elongate bays, are shown as contour lines converging toward a point at the head of the valley. Since on steep slopes there is little horizontal distance between points greatly different in height, contour lines indicating such terrain are close together; contour lines of gentle slopes are more widely separated. Maps employing contour lines are called contour, or relief, maps although they are popularly called topographic maps (see topographytopography
, description or representation of the features and configuration of land surfaces. Topographic maps use symbols and coloring, with particular attention given to the shape and elevations of terrain.
..... Click the link for more information. ) in the United States. Certain conventions are employed on these maps to assist the user. Contours indicating land elevations are printed in brown with every fifth contour drawn thicker and labeled with its elevation; those indicating depths of bodies of water are printed in blue. Hachure lines, pointing downslope, are attached to contour lines in order to emphasize a depression with a steep gradient. In the past, contour maps were made from ground surveys. Today they are constructed from stereographic aerial photographs and orbiting satellites, which use radar to measure elevations for land or ocean relief maps. In an analogous way, contour lines are also commonly used to map properties other than elevation; meteorologists, for example, employ contour lines, or isobars, to delineate areas of equal barometric pressures.CONTOUR (kon -toor) A NASA mission to be launched in July 2002 to study at least three comets: Encke (2003), Schwassmann–Wachmann-3 (2006), and d'Arrest (2008). The mission is designed so that it could be retargeted to intercept other unforseen comets.contour[′kän‚tu̇r] (mapping) contour line (physics) A curve drawn up on a two-dimensional diagram through points which satisfy f (x,y) = c, where c is a constant and f is some function, such as the field strength for a transmitter. (science and technology) The periphery of a figure or body. contour i. Lines on a map joining places of equal height above a selected datum level. They are drawn at a suitable interval, and the greater the bunching, the steeper the slope. The highest point is shown as a spot height.
ii. A line on a radarscope that shows the areas of equal radar echo intensity.contour
con·tour (kon'tūr), 1. The outline of a part; the surface configuration. 2. In dentistry, to restore the normal outlines or form of a tooth, or to create the external shape or form of a prosthesis. [L. con- (intens.), + torno, to turn (in a lathe), fr. tornus, a lathe] con·tour (kon'tūr) 1. The outline of a part; the surface configuration. 2. dentistry To restore the normal outlines of a broken or otherwise misshapen tooth, or to create the external shape or form of a prosthesis. [L. con- (intens.), + torno, to turn (in a lathe), fr. tornus, a lathe]contour The outline of a part of a retinal image where the light intensity changes abruptly corresponding to the boundaries of objects in the visual field. The physiological basis of contour perception and edge detection is thought to be mediated by the responses of complex and hypercomplex cells in area V1 of the primary visual cortex.
Illusory contour's (subjective contours) are contours perceived in the absence of a lightness or colour difference as in the Kanizsa figure. They are thought to be processed in area V2 of the visual cortex. See visual association areas; parvocellular visual system.
contour interaction See Glasgow acuity cards; crowding phenomenon.con·tour (kon'tūr) 1. In dentistry, to restore normal outlines or form of a tooth or create external shape or form of a prosthesis. 2. The outline of a part; the surface configuration. [L. con- (intens.), + torno, to turn (in a lathe), fr. tornus, a lathe]CONTOUR
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contour
Synonyms for contournoun outlineSynonyms- outline
- profile
- lines
- form
- figure
- shape
- relief
- curve
- silhouette
Synonyms for contournoun a line marking and shaping the outer form of an objectSynonyms- delineation
- outline
- profile
- silhouette
Synonyms for contournoun a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal heightSynonymsRelated Words- isometric
- isometric line
- thalweg
noun any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)Synonyms- shape
- configuration
- conformation
- form
Related Words- keenness
- sharpness
- bluntness
- dullness
- spatial property
- spatiality
- topography
- lobularity
- concaveness
- concavity
- convexity
- convexness
- angularity
- narrowing
- curvature
- curve
- roundness
- straightness
- crookedness
- stratification
noun a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structureRelated Wordsverb form the contours ofRelated Words- limn
- outline
- delineate
- streamline
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