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noun. The outline of a figure, body, or mass. synonym: form.

noun. A line that represents such an outline. synonym: outline.

noun. A contour line.

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noun. A varying characteristic or quality of something, such as a melody.

noun. The distinctive rising and falling patterns of pitch, tone, or stress.

transitive verb. To make or shape the outline of; represent in contour.

transitive verb. To build (a road, for example) to follow the contour of the land.

adjective. Following the contour lines of uneven terrain to limit erosion of topsoil.

adjective. Shaped to fit the outline or form of something.

To follow a level line on an irregular slope; imitate the path of a contour-line.

To make a contour or outline of; mark with contours or contour-lines: as, contoured maps.

noun. The outline of a figure or body; the line that defines or bounds anything; the periphery considered as distinct from the object: used chiefly in speaking of rounded or sinuous bodies.

noun. Specifically— In the fine arts, a line or lines representing the outline of any figure.

noun. In fortification, the horizontal outline of works of defense. When the conformation of the ground or works is described by contours or horizontal sections, these sections are taken at some fixed vertical interval from each other suited to the scale of the drawing or the subject in hand; and the distances of the surface, at each interval, above or below some assumed plane of comparison, are given in figures at the most convenient places on the plan.

noun. In surveying, a curve of equal elevation on a map; a contourline.

noun. In mathematics, a closed curve considered as inclosing an area.

noun. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

noun. The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.

noun. those feathers that form the general covering of a bird.

noun. the outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc.

noun. the line in which a horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in a map or chart.

noun. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

noun. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.

noun. a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

noun. a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure

verb. form the contours of

noun. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height

noun. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)