2. Noun. the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable ¹
3. Noun. a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face ¹
4. Noun. the building up of muscles with exercise ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contouring
1. contour [v] - See also: contour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contouring
Literary usage of Contouring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text Book of Topographical and Geographical Surveying by Charles Frederick Arden-Close (1905)
"CHAPTER X. contouring AND HILL SKETCHING. A Contour is the representation on a
map of an imaginary line on the ground joining all immediately adjacent ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Artificial Crown-, Bridge-, and Porcelain-work by George Evans (1920)
"Use of contouring Pliers.—contouring pliers are used to give form to a seamless
crown sufficient to knuckle it against the adjoining teeth, but the bulge ..."
3. Military Sketching and Map Reading by Loren Chester Grieves (1918)
"LESSON IX EXERCISES IN contouring We should now have a very good idea of what
contours are and how to determine the elevations of locations by means of our ..."
4. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1897)
"Slip a piece of small rubber tubing over the concave jaw ot contouring pliers to
prevent marring the gold while contouring a crown. ..."
5. Field Methods in Petroleum Geology by Guy Henry. Cox (1921)
"contouring.—After these elevations are all reduced to terms of ... Structure
contouring preceeds cautiously, the easiest part of each line and the easiest ..."
6. Military Sketching and Map Reading for Non-commissioned Officers (illustrated) by Loren Chester Grieves (1915)
"LESSONS XV, XVI AND XVII contouring (Continued) The instructor should select ...
Lessons XV and XVI are devoted to this method of contouring after which it ..."
7. History of the Corps of Royal Engineers. by Whitworth Porter (1889)
"... Lost Stations—Different Scales adopted—contouring—Southampton Office—Organization
of the ... contouring ..."
8. Military Sketching and Reconnaissance by Augustus Ferryman Mockler Ferryman (1903)
"CHAPTER VIII THE THEORY OF contouring Definitions—Drawing a Contoured Plan—Vertical
Interval—The VI Rule—Triangle of Reference—Horizontal Equivalent—The ..."
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