'Contour' definitions:
Definition of 'contour'
From: WordNet
noun
A line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height [syn: contour, contour line]
noun
Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" [syn: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation]
noun
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"
verb
Form the contours of
Definition of 'Contour'
From: GCIDE
- Contour \Con*tour"\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Titian's coloring and contours. --A. Drummond. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification. [1913 Webster]
- Contour feathers (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contour'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- broad lines,
- configuration,
- delineate,
- delineation,
- features,
- figuration,
- figure,
- framework,
- galbe,
- gestalt,
- limn,
- line,
- lineaments,
- lineation,
- lines,
- main features,
- outline,
- profile,
- relief,
- shapes,
- silhouette,
- skeleton,
- tournure