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Contour Line

Definition: Contour Line

Contour Line

Noun

1. A line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Contour Line

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonym: Contour Line

Synonym: contour (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Contour Line

Specialty definitions using "contour line": absolute isohypsegradient windindex contour, index contour line, intermediate contour line, isogal, isogam, isohumeridge terrace. (references)

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Expressions: Contour Line

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Contour Line

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

contour line

27

contour line map

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Contour Line

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

   

Portuguese

  

curva de nível (across the slope, contour, isohypse), linhas de nivel (contour). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vodoravna linija (horizontal, intermediate contour line). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

curva de nivel (across the slope, contour, isohypse), linea de nivel (contour). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

nivåkurva (contour, isohypse). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

eşyükselti çizgisi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Contour Line

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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