Definition of contour

noun (n)

• a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height (noun.communication)

  Synonym: contour line
  

  source: wordnet30
• any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: configuration, conformation, form, shape
  

  source: wordnet30
• a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure (noun.cognition)

  Example:
  The contours of the melody.
  It defines a major contour of this administration.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• form the contours of (verb.creation)

  source: wordnet30

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