contour
كفاف
definition
verb
the compartment has been contoured with smooth rounded corners
mold into a specific shape, typically one designed to fit into something else.
a huge contoured map
mark (a map or diagram) with contour lines.
noun
she traced the contours of his face with her finger
an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
translation of 'contour'
verb
رسم كفاف شىء,
شق طريقا حول كفاف هضبة
noun
كفاف,
الخط كفافي,
محيط شكل
adjective
كفافي
example
In Korn's unfortunate sentence, where the ambiguities are structural, a skilled speaker could easily signal the desired analysis by differences in timing, pitch 'contour' and voice quality.
Dialogues varying only in their intonation 'contour' (specifically in pitch accent or boundary tone) were presented in a random order to 47 speakers of Midwestern American English.
Surgeons have advanced in technique to shape and 'contour' the deeper facial tissues and resuspend them.
Does the 'contour' of their accented tongues create a particular Hispanic laugh pattern?
The 'contour' of the song from order to disorder isn't exactly revolutionary, but the change is gradual enough not to be obvious on the first couple of listens.
For instance, on the excellent piano-driven waltz ‘Irish Elk,’ he just seems to be singing without any sense of melodic 'contour' , and he fails to deliver a convincing hook.
Yet the map shows a broad swathe of relatively flat land skirting the foothills of the mountain at the 100ft / 33m 'contour' , and extending up to Bundoran.
The teacher then modulated the intonational 'contour' until it corresponded to the first syllables of the word paleontologist.
Each sentence we speak has a pitch 'contour' associated with it that can be broken down into smaller sequences of elementary contours associated with linguistic phenomena.
Regardless of the words, it seems the melodic 'contour' of the song describes the nature of the land over which the song passes.
the movement tends to place more emphasis on rhythm than melodic 'contour'
The outer edge is being cut to 'contour' and then rolled into shape.
below the 1200-ft 'contour' is a belt of limestone
To be more precise, his phrase-final pitch 'contours' range from slightly falling, to level, to sharply rising.
The 'contours' show that the steepest gradients surround the Earth and Sun, with the five Earth Lagrange Points located in equilibrium regions with relatively gentle gradient.
I've seen someone who taught a Yorkshire terrier to imitate slowly rising pitch 'contours' , and have myself sung along with a mutt who seemed to imitate motifs from George Jones and Mozart.
Kom can have as many as eight phonetic tones including 'contours' , or combinations of tones.
I traced the 'contours' of it for a moment, wondering how much longer their dewy, life-like coloring would last.
Offer quality leather that is highly 'contoured' or very soft to conform to a woman's body.
The painter believes that he is going beyond shapes, 'contours' and colours.
Lesson number two was how easy it is to be led away from your course by old tracks and the natural 'contours' in the land.
Of its many versions, there's one with a deeply 'contoured' seat that looks frightening but is the most comfortable thing I've ever sat on.
His orchestral forces are reduced, tempos are uniformly brisk, 'contours' are sharpened, and his textures are ‘lean and mean’.
With a few simple steps, you can transform this classically 'contoured' design into a comfortable gliding rocker that will last for years to come.
It's the shapes rather than the 'contours' which attract us in Piero's painting.
The rooms have shapes and 'contours' that seem determined to disorientate, although the overall effect is striking and seductive.
Incidentally, all the car's seats are 'contoured' and similar to those shaped for motor sport, providing all-round support.
Angles and curves, shapes and 'contours' fascinate young minds.
Intrinsically feminine but 'contoured' to the way that most women look, they are made on soft fabric.
Mathews brilliantly traces the precise 'contours' of her mood swings, their pace and imagery, their irrational, irresistible force.
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