Contour
101contour interval — Difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines …
102contour feather — noun Date: 1867 one of the medium sized feathers that form the general covering of a bird and determine the external contour …
103contour map — noun Date: 1862 a map having contour lines …
104Contour integration — See* line integral * methods of contour integration …
105Contour ploughing — Ein mittelalterlicher Pflug Einspänner im Gebirge, hier Wengen (Südtirol), 60er Jahre …
106contour interval — the difference in elevation represented by each contour line on a topographic map. * * * …
107contour line — 1. a line joining points of equal elevation on a surface. 2. the representation of such a line on a map. 3. Math. a line parallel to a trace. Cf. trace1 (def. 11). Also called contour, level curve, level line. [1835 45] * * * …
108contour map — a topographic map on which the shape of the land surface is shown by contour lines, the relative spacing of the lines indicating the relative slope of the surface. [1860 65] * * * …
109contour mapping — ▪ geography the delineation of any property in map form by constructing lines of equal values of that property from available data points. A topographic map, for example, reveals the relief of an area by means of contour lines that… …
110contour map — noun A map made to show the relief measurements of the land by means of contour lines …
