Contours

noun

Word Frequency: 3.8

Definitions

1.nounAn outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

"the low drag contour of a modern automobile"

2.nounA line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.

3.nounA speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

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