Contour - Definition

n 1: a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
[syn: contour, contour line]
2: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
"he could barely make out their shapes" [syn: shape,
form, configuration, contour, conformation]
3: 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"
v 1: form the contours of