contour
IPA: kˈɑntʊr
noun
- 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.
- (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
- (figurative) A general description giving the most important points.
verb
- (transitive) To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.
- (transitive) To mark with contour lines.
- (intransitive) To practise the makeup technique of contouring.
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Examples of "contour" in Sentences
- He designed the contour of the place.
- The Fusion is the replacement for the Contour.
- The mat is shaped to match the contours of the facility.
- The outermost tip of the fore end is smoothly contoured.
- A classic example of illusory contours is the Kanizsa triangle.
- The contour of the body of a vertebrate is formed by the muscles.
- Both the contours and the shadows needed to harmonize in context.
- In Tlapanec stress is determined by the tonal contour of the words.
- This distance varies with the change in the shape of the contour line.
- The gradient of the function is always perpendicular to the contour lines.
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