contour : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: contour	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contour n a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height Synonym(s): contour, contour line any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" Synonym(s): shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation 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" v form the contours of
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contour \Contour"\, 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[94]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.