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contour Noun

— Contour is the outline of a shape. He liked the contour of her body. — A contour is a line that shows the outline of the shape. I started with a contour drawing of the mountains. — A contour line joins places of the same height on a map. Tightly spaced contour lines mean steep slopes.

contour Verb

— To contour is to draw or create the outline of a shape. He would contour the seat so that it would fit the human shape and be comfortable to sit on.

contour

— noun a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height — noun (= shape) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) he could barely make out their shapes — noun 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 — verb form the contours of

Synonyms contour synonyms

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contour English » English

outline shape profile form contour line configuration silhouette figure circumference periphery level curve isoline conformation circuit appearance visible line twirl turn trickiness tour template stature sketch skeleton line side view round rough sketch rim ridge precinct posture plane figure perimeter object-line magnitude contours line layout boundry isoneph isohypse isogram isarithm involution hem girth form line figuration features feature external form edge

Topics contour topics

What do people use contour to talk about?
Universe, creation World Land

Mountain
States Quality

Shape
Physical actions Move Travel

Map

Conjugation contour conjugation

How do you conjugate contour?

contour · verb

Examples contour examples

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Look at the contour of the face.
What about the 9,000 yellow chrysanthemums contour?
Your face contour was such a handsomeness.
And with my equipment onboard, I can identify what I believe to be an exponential time contour.
Concorde has just flown into the time contour.
Do you really mean we've gone backward down a time contour?
Contour analysis, stage one.
The shield bends light around the planet's contour, like the Romulan cloaking device.
A built-in tool, sensitive to texture, contour, and temperature.
The contour here is not round enough.
Directions, a contour map, USGS survey.
There is no way you could know what the contour of the ocean floor was like.
We might have to remove cartilage from your ear to correct the contour deformity.
The Art Department e-mailed me a map, and I took the map, threw it over onto a light table, threw a piece of vellum on top of that, then just incorporated some cracks and contour lines and stuff like that.
And this fine contour from your ear to your chin is no longer so finely drawn. the result of too much comfort and laziness.
I think a dark contour would be fine.
And the two surfaces follow that contour so precisely, the water maintains a consistent depth between them.
Directions, contour map, U.S.G.S. Survey. anything that can help me get here.
Look, Lake. There is no way you could know what the contour of the ocean floor was like.
The nature of the contour here means there's an effect - named after me, actually.
The flattop, the ivy, The crew, the vanguard, The junior contour.
What is the point? - I have contour.
The perfect contour of my buttocks.
It molds to the contour of your face.
I do not usually lie, these figs are the best around this contour, you can check.
We've all travelled 140 million years down a time contour.
What are you doing sitting at the end of a time contour like a spider in a web?
The time contour you generated was a desperate lifeline to the future.
So that's how he generated the time contour.
In order to check out the temporal dimensions, he'll need to track back the line of the time contour.
Now, as we dematerialise, we reverse the process of the time contour, and kick Concorde back onto its original flight path.
I wouldn't ruin the outer contour.
The nature of the contour here means there's an effect, named after me, actually.

News and current affairs

A contour map of economic activity in the world would show mountains of prosperity and many ravines of deprivation.

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