CONTOUR

contour. Contour, n. the outline of a figure, a bending

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Con‐tour″ (?), n. [[F. contour, fr. contourner to mark the outlines; con- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]] 1. 1. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.
Titian's coloring and contours. A. Drummond. 2. 2. (Mil.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
Contour feathers (Zoöl.), those feathers that form the general covering of a bird. — Contour of ground (Surv.), the outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc. — Contour line (Topographical Suv.), the line in which a horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in a map or chart.