| contour | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. contour, contour line | a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height. |
| ~ isometric, isometric line | a line connecting isometric points. |
| ~ thalweg | a line following the lowest points of a valley. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape | any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline).; "he could barely make out their shapes" |
| ~ keenness, sharpness | thinness of edge or fineness of point. |
| ~ bluntness, dullness | without sharpness or clearness of edge or point.; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" |
| ~ spatial property, spatiality | any property relating to or occupying space. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ convexity, convexness | the property possessed by a convex shape. |
| ~ angularity | the property possessed by a shape that has angles. |
| ~ narrowing | an instance of becoming narrow. |
| ~ 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 | having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles. |
| ~ stratification | a layered configuration. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. 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" |
| ~ characteristic, feature | a prominent attribute or aspect of something.; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" |
| v. (creation) | 4. contour | form the contours of. |
| ~ limn, delineate, outline | trace the shape of. |
| ~ streamline | contour economically or efficiently. |
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