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CONTOUR

Definition:

1. [noun] a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
   Synonyms: line
   
   
2. [noun] any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
   Synonyms: shape, form, configuration, conformation
   
   
3. [noun] a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"
   
   
4. [verb] form the contours of
   
   

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Related Words:

• streamline
• thalweg
• sharpness, keenness
• dullness, dulness, bluntness
• topography
• lobularity
• concavity, concaveness
• convexity, convexness
• angularity
• narrowing
• curvature, curve
• roundness
• straightness
• crookedness
• stratification

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