Contour in English dictionary

  • contour

    Meanings and definitions of "Contour"

    • An outline, boundary or border, usually of 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.
    • 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
      (linguistics)
      a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
    • A curved shape
    • A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity
    • The shape of how scheduled work for an assignment is distributed across time. Use a contour to control how Project schedules the work of a resource.
    • contour (line)
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
    • verb
      form the contours of

    Synonyms of "Contour" in English dictionary

    limn, form, configuration are the top synonyms of "Contour" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Contour

    • contour ( plural  contours)
    • contour (plural contours)
  • Contour
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