contour

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Extract some features from the contour of the leaf.

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Quick take

a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height

noun

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"

noun

a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for contour.

noun

a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height

noun

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"

See also: shape, form, configuration, conformation

noun

a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"

verb

form the contours of

Example sentences

Extract some features from the contour of the leaf.

Multiplication may be a little harder but still it's a quick way to paint contour lines.

It gives you a 3D view and a contour map, and throws in a couple series expansion and the derivative.

To distinguish all of these cases, we estimate "curvature at a scale" at each point on the contour and build a histogram of curvature values.

Then, I programmed the mill to trace out the contour of the leg while the lathe spun the wood underneath the mill head....> The legs of the instrument turned out to be a few inches too long for my wood lathe so I pulled the lathe out of the milling machine and cut it into two pieces on a band saw. I then bolted both pieces back into the mill, separated by a few inches.

The contour of the API in this case has a great deal to do with what goes over the wire: most critically, correctly-designed OpenGL ES programs will not retransmit static geometry to the GPU every single frame.

It's easy enough to create contour lines for tone using a camera obscura while you're tracing edges; it's something you can accomplish in a few minutes' work, and it's much less likely to be remarked upon by your sitting clients.