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Definition: Contour Map |
Contour MapNoun1. A map having contour lines through points of equal elevation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | A. A map showing by contours (or contour lines) topographic, or structural, or thickness, or facies differences in the area mapped b. A map that portrays surface configuration by means of contour lines; esp. a topographic map that shows surface relief by means of contour lines drawn at regular intervals above mean sea level, or a structure-contour map that shows the configuration of a specified rock surface underground and the inferred configuration of that surface where it has been removedby erosion. (references) |
Physics | A map showing the intensity of radiation as a function of position. Each contour line corresponds to a specific intensity of radiation, with inner contours corresponding to higher intensities than outer contours. Therefore, a closed contour encircles a region where the intensity of the emitted radiation is greater than or equal to the intensity on the contour line. The contours outline the shape of the emitting source. (references) |
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Synonym: Contour MapSynonym: relief map (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Contour Map |
| Specialty definitions using "contour map": isochrome map ♦ RELIEF-MAP MODELER ♦ three-dimensional-map modeler ♦ water-table map. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Contour map of Gulf of Mexico as sounded by the BLAKE Used Sigsbee Sounding Machine to take over 3,000 soundings in a year First realistic bathymetric map of any ocean basin. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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Expression using "contour map": structural contour map. Additional references. | |
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| 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 map | 82 |
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| Language | Translations for "contour map"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tektonisk kort (structural contour map, structural map, structure map), strukturkort (structural contour map, structural map, structure map). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | struktuurkaart (structural contour map, structural map, structure map), structuurkaart (structural contour map, structural map, structure map). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rakennekartta (structural contour map, structural map, structure map). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | carte structurale (structural contour map). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | geologische Strukturkarte (structural contour map, structural map, structure map). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υψομετρικόσ χάρτησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szintvonalas térkép. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | caslys ym-linnaghyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontourcay apmay carta geomorfológica (structural contour map, structural map, structure map), carta geológica (structural contour map, structural map, structure map). (various references) mapa estructural (structural contour map, structural map, structure map). (various references) höjdkarta. (various references) çevre eğrisi haritası. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: copatron, couranto, crampoon, monocarp, monocrat, pronotum. | |
-3 letters: cartoon, compart, comport, contour, coranto, cornuto, courant, crampon, crouton, outcrop, pantoum, patroon, pronota, romaunt, taproom, touraco. | |
-4 letters: amount, antrum, cantor, captor, carton, cartop, contra, copout, cornua, corona, coupon, craton, croton, macron, maroon, matron, mouton, outman, outran, parton, patron, potman, pronto, proton, racoon, ratoon, romano, tampon, tarpon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-u" | |
+2 letters: compurgation. | |
+3 letters: compurgations, pococurantism, recomputation. | |
+4 letters: micropulsation, pneumothoraces, pococurantisms, pronunciamento, recomputations, uncontemporary. | |
+5 letters: computerization, contemporaneous, micropulsations, pronunciamentos. | |
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