Contour
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- 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.
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Contour may refer to:
- an outline or silhouette
- a contour line on a contour map, or the corresponding line on the ground or sea bed
- Contour (linguistics), a phonetic sound
- Pitch contour (music), a melody shape
- Contour (camera system), a 3D digital camera system
- Equal-loudness contour, a measure of sound pressure
- Service contour, a coverage area in US broadcasting
- Jama Contour is a collaborative solution that helps development teams build products, produced by Jama Software
In programming :
- Lexical contour, the boundary of lexical variable scope
- boundaries of level sets
In mathematics :
- A contour line of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value.
- a closed path in the mathematical method of contour integration
- boundary of a set
Contours may refer to:
- Contours (album), an album by Sam Rivers
- The Contours, a soul music group
- Ford Contour, a motor car
- CONTOUR, a space probe
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See also
- Active contour, a concept in computer vision
- Contour Aerospace, a seat and aircraft fittings builder
- Contour bunding, an agricultural technique
- Contour canal, an artificial water channel
- Contour Crafting, a proposed construction process
- Contour drawing, an artistic style (produced, for example, by blind contour drawing)
- Contour length, a concept in molecular physics
- Contour plowing (or ploughing), an agricultural technique
- Contour rivalry, an artistic technique
- Contour threads, used in cosmetic surgery
- Illusory contours, an optical illusion
- Upper and lower contour sets, concepts in mathematical economics
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