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CONTOUR LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contour line mean?
• CONTOUR LINE (noun)
The noun CONTOUR LINE has 1 sense:
1. a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
Familiarity information: CONTOUR LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
contour; contour line
Hypernyms ("contour line" is a kind of...):
isometric; isometric line (a line connecting isometric points)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contour line"):
thalweg (a line following the lowest points of a valley)
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