contour, n.
(contours)
freq. cnt. 8
(contours)
freq. cnt. 8
a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
contour contour line
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 63 freq. cnt.: 37 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
configuration conformation contour form shape
sample sentences
"he could barely make out their shapes"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
attribute
hyponym
sharpness, keenness
dullness, bluntness
topography
lobularity
concavity, concaveness
convexity, convexness
angularity
narrowing
curvature, curve
roundness
straightness
crookedness
stratification
hypernym
a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure
<noun.cognition>
contour
sample sentences
"the contours of the melody""it defines a major contour of this administration"
semantic pointers
hypernym