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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contour feathers — 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]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contour line — 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]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contour — may refer to: an outline or silhouette a contour line on a contour map, or the corresponding line on the ground or sea bed Contour (linguistics), a phonetic sound Pitch contour (music), a melody shape Contour (camera system), a 3D digital camera… … Wikipedia
Contour Crafting — is a construction process under development by Behrokh Khoshnevis of the University of Southern California s Information Sciences Institute (in the Viterbi School of Engineering) that uses a computer controlled crane or gantry to build edifices… … Wikipedia
Contour line — This article is about lines of equal value in maps and diagrams. For more meanings of the word contour , see Contour (disambiguation). The bottom part of the diagram shows some contour lines with a straight line running through the location of… … Wikipedia
CONTOUR — The CO met N ucleus TOUR (CONTOUR) was a NASA Discovery class space probe that failed shortly after launch. It had as its primary objective close flybys of two comet nuclei with the possibility of a flyby of a third known comet or an as yet… … Wikipedia
Contour canal — A contour canal is an artificially dug navigable canal which closely follows the contour line of the land it traverses in order to avoid costly engineering works such as boring a tunnel through higher ground, building an embankment over lower… … Wikipedia
contour capability — i. The ability of mapping radar to display all ground above the selected height. ii. The ability of weather radar to make a contour display … Aviation dictionary
contour pond — an aquaculture pond on sloping ground … Dictionary of ichthyology
