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Contour
/-tɔː(ɹ)/
An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
📖 Definitions of "Contour"
noun
- 1
An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
"the low drag contour of a modern automobile"
- 2
A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
- 3
A speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
verb
- 1
To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.
- 2
To mark with contour lines.
- 3
To practise the makeup technique of contouring.
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