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Definition: Contour Line |
Contour LineNoun1. A line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Line indicating the same height or depth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | See:contour. (references) |
Science | A line drawn on a map showing heights above sea level. Each point on the contour line is the same elevation above sea level. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Contour LineSynonym: contour (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Contour Line |
| Specialty definitions using "contour line": absolute isohypse ♦ gradient wind ♦ index contour, index contour line, intermediate contour line, isogal, isogam, isohume ♦ ridge terrace. (references) |
Expressions using "contour line": dose rate contour line ♦ index contour line ♦ intermediate contour line. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
contour line | 27 |
contour line map | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "contour line"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vrstevnice. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hoejdekurve (contour), højdelinie (across the slope, contour), dybdekurve (contour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | niveaulijn (contour), hoogtelijn (across the slope, contour, isohypse, perpendicular), dieptelijn (contour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syvyyskäyrä (contour), korkeuskäyrä (contour, isohypse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | courbe de niveau (contour), ligne isométrique (contour), ligne de niveau (contour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tiefenlinie (contour), Schichtlinie (across the slope, contour), Hoehenlinie (contour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ισοβαθής (contour), ισοϋψής καμπύλη (across the slope, contour, isohypse), ισοϋψής (contour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szintvonal (contour, level line). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | curva di livello (across the slope, contour), isobata (isobath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontourcay inelay curva de nível (across the slope, contour, isohypse), linhas de nivel (contour). (various references) vodoravna linija (horizontal, intermediate contour line). (various references) curva de nivel (across the slope, contour, isohypse), linea de nivel (contour). (various references) nivåkurva (contour, isohypse). (various references) eşyükselti çizgisi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: counterion. | |
-2 letters: centurion, continuer, elocution, neutronic, nonerotic. | |
-3 letters: continue, continuo, locution, neuronic, neurotic, neutrino, nocturne, outliner, unerotic, unicolor. | |
-4 letters: cloture, clouter, coenuri, cointer, connote, contour, control, coontie, cornute, cornuto, coronel, coronet, couloir, coulter, counter, crouton, cutline, elution, intoner, lection, linecut, linocut, linuron, loonier, neutron, noctule, nocturn, noticer, nuclein, nucleon, orcinol, outlier, outline, recount, retinol. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-t-u" | |
+2 letters: nucleoprotein, reinoculation. | |
+3 letters: conterminously, nucleoproteins, reinoculations. | |
+4 letters: counterplotting, counterviolence, neuroanatomical, uncontroversial. | |
+5 letters: countercomplaint, counterinflation, counterviolences, deuterocanonical, pronounceability. | |
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