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con⋅tour
[kon-too
r] 
–noun
| 1. | the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object. |
| 2. | contour line. |
| 3. | Phonetics. a distinctive pattern of changes in pitch, stress, or tone extending across all or part of an utterance, esp. across a sentence, and contributing to meaning. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to mark with contour lines. |
| 5. | to make or form the contour or outline of. |
| 6. | to build (a road, railroad track, etc.) in conformity with the contour of the land. |
| 7. | to mold or shape so as to fit a certain configuration: cars with seats that are contoured for comfort. |
–adjective
| 8. | molded or shaped to fit a particular contour or form: contour seats. |
| 9. | Agriculture. of or used in a system of plowing, cultivating, sowing, etc., along the contour lines of the land in order to trap water runoff and prevent erosion. |
contour line
–noun
| 1. | a line joining points of equal elevation on a surface. |
| 2. | the representation of such a line on a map. |
| 3. | Mathematics. a line parallel to a trace. Compare trace 1 (def. 11). |
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| con·tour (kŏn'tŏŏr') n.
[French, alteration (influenced by tour, turn) of Italian contorno, from contornare, to draw in outline : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + Latin tornāre, to round off (from tornus, lathe, from Greek tornos; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots).] |
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Contour
Con*tour"\, n. [F. contour, fr. contourner to mark the outlines; con- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.
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Language Translation for : contour
Spanish:
contorno,
German:
die Kontur,
Japanese:
輪郭
contour
1662, a term in painting and sculpture, from Fr. contour "circumference, outline," from M.L. contornare "to go around," from L. com- intens. prefix + tornare "to turn in a lathe," from tornus "lathe" (see turn). First recorded application to topography is from 1769.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1con·tour
Pronunciation: 'kän-"tu(&)r
Function: noun
: an outline especially of a curving or irregular figure;also : the line representing this outline
Main Entry: 2contour
Function: transitive verb
: to shape the contour of <contour a gingiva in gingivoplasty>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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