contour
/ˈkɑntɔɹ/ noun C2- An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. · the low drag contour of a modern automobile
- A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface.
- a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
- A general description giving the most important points.
Plural contours
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A certain melancholy that touched her countenance must have been of recent birth, for it had not yet altered the fine and youthful contours of her cheek, nor subdued the arch though resolute curve of her lips.
Agricultural communities learned to implement crop rotation, contour plowing, and the strategic planting of trees to serve as protective windbreaks.
Choosing to navigate by the contours of the land rather than a synthetic voice might just reawaken our dormant spatial instincts.
Through his innovative approach to serial publication, Dickens irrevocably shaped the contours of narrative architecture, leaving a legacy that continues to resonate today.
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