Definition of contour Contour
/kɑˈntʊˌɹ/ - [kantur] - con•tour
We found 12 definitions of contour from 6 different sources.
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What does contour mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: contours |
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| contour - a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height | ||
| contour line | ||
| isometric, isometric line a line connecting isometric points | ||
| contour - 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" | ||
| contour - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" | ||
| shape, form, configuration, conformation | ||
| spatial property, spatiality any property relating to or occupying space | ||
| keenness, sharpness thinness of edge or fineness of point | ||
| bluntness, dullness the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman" | ||
| topography the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features | ||
| lobularity the property of having lobules | ||
| concaveness, concavity the property possessed by a concave shape | ||
| convexness, convexity the property possessed by a convex shape | ||
| angularity the property possessed by a shape that has angles | ||
| narrowing the act of making something narrower | ||
| curvature, curve the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | ||
| roundness the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular | ||
| straightness freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles | ||
| crookedness the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | ||
Verb |
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| contour - form the contours of | ||
| limn, outline, delineate describe in vivid detail | ||
| streamline contour economically or efficiently | ||
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Wiktionary 
- contour (Noun)
An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. - contour (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. - contour (Noun)
A speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- contour (n.)
The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery. - contour (n.)
The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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contour
kon′tōōr, or kon-tōōr′, n. the outline: the line which bounds the figure of any object.—v.t. to mark with contour lines.—Contour lines, lines drawn in a map through points all at the same height above sea-level—usually on the British Ordnance Survey maps at intervals of 50 feet. [Fr. con, and tour, a turning—L. tornus—Gr. tornos, a lathe.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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contour
The sweep of a ship's shape.
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