Thesaurus: contour

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1. n. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.
2. n. The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
3. n. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
4. n. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
5. n. a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure
6. v. form the contours of
7. 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. A. Drummond. 2. (Mil.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification. Contour feathers (Zoöl.), 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.
8. The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of worksof fortification. Contour feathers (Zoöl.), those feathers that formthe general covering of a bird.-- Contour of ground (Surv.), the outline of the surface of groundwith respect to its undulation, etc.-- Contour line (Topographical Suv.), the line in which a horizontalplane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in amap or chart.
9. v:3/n:97 n. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height n. a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure v. form the contours of