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Definition of Contours
1. contour [v] - See also: contour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contours
Literary usage of Contours
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"If a definite position of the contours is desired it will be necessary to ...
In sketching in contours from these data it should be borne in mind that the ..."
2. Reports ... 2d Series by International Labour Office, United States Tariff Commission (1915)
"Regional structure may be shown in three ways, by cross-sections, by models, and
by structure contours. Cross-sections on a small scale, such as those in ..."
3. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"may be (1) on an index contour, (2) on a light contour, or (3) between contours.
In the first case (a, Fig. 317) the elevation of the point may be found by ..."
4. A Manual of Topographical Drawing by Richard Somers Smith (1895)
"The corresponding spaces on the scale of contours will be respectively .71, .47, .36
inches, etc. The most convenient way of using such a scale is to cut it ..."
5. The Stratigraphy of the Pennsylvania Series in Missouri by Henry Hinds, Frank Cook Greene, David White, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1915)
"Regional structure may be shown in three ways, by cross-sections, by models, and
by structure contours. Cross-sections on a small scale, such as those in ..."
6. Engineer Field Manual by United States Army. Corps of Engineers, United States War Dept (1912)
"28 the curved line Л ß represents the actual surface of the ground, and points
1, 3, 6, the elevation of successive contours, ..."
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