contour
4
5.3
- noun
- /ˈkɒntʊr/
- Specialized
:
curva de nivel
- Below them, a hawk rode the air currents, following the contours of the mountain.
- contour map
- contour curves
- contour point
Typically what you're going to have is, well, First off, you'll have energy altitude contours that look kind of like this.
- Typically what you're going to have is, well, First off, you'll have energy altitude contours that look kind of like this.
Examples
-
What I want to draw is the contours, the contours of the field.
-
Look at the sea and ask where that contour is coming from.
-
As you follow them in time, you stay on a contour of constant energy.
-
We therefore chose to display our results in a contour map of such an integral.
Academic text (1999) -
There are several, you know, contours in this landscape.
-
Even as the Court has recognized these state powers, however, their contours are quite unclear.
Academic text (2017) -
That's a very nice close up which follow the contours of the valleys.
-
The map showed the contours of the mountains, indicating areas of equal elevation.
-
Using the contours from the survey, we were able to create an accurate elevation model.
-
The architect included the contours of the land in her design to ensure it blended with the landscape.
Synonyms
1
4.2
A line on a map joining points of equal height above sea level that shows the land's shape
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.5
A map that shows land height and shape using lines that join places at the same height
- Specialized
1
4.2
A line on a map joining points of equal height above sea level that shows the land's shape
- Specialized
A feather that covers a bird's body and forms its smooth outer shape
- Specialized
A language that uses rising or falling tones within syllables to change word meaning
Surface Forms
Etymology
Contour comes from con- 'with' and a root meaning 'to turn', so picture a line that goes around a hill. On a map a contour line joins places at the same height and shows the shape of the land.