contour
kontur
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'
noun
kontur
example
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.
below the 1200-ft 'contour' is a belt of limestone
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.
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 outer edge is being cut to 'contour' and then rolled into shape.
the movement tends to place more emphasis on rhythm than melodic 'contour'
Surgeons have advanced in technique to shape and 'contour' the deeper facial tissues and resuspend them.
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.
Regardless of the words, it seems the melodic 'contour' of the song describes the nature of the land over which the song passes.
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.
Does the 'contour' of their accented tongues create a particular Hispanic laugh pattern?
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.
The teacher then modulated the intonational 'contour' until it corresponded to the first syllables of the word paleontologist.
Events may have been shaped to fit the 'contours' of a film script, but the emotional truth of the situations is vividly authentic.
Go through the gate and take the path which heads west and then northwest following the 'contours' of a small hill.
A built-in Mathematica algorithm was used to fit 'contours' to a lattice of values calculated by numerical solution of Equation 11 and Equation 12.
To circumvent this, it will be helpful if the seats are designed with a 'contoured' shape since it will reduce or eliminate pressure points.
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.
Intrinsically feminine but 'contoured' to the way that most women look, they are made on soft fabric.
There is an almost abstract flavour to his creations - speedy outlines and 'contours' take shape on the canvas as he moves about in a blur.
Detectives can then see the results on screen as a 'contoured' two or three-dimensional map which can help them to work out where the offender may be based.
These roads 'contoured' steep slopes above streams, and the aspect measured was that of the prevailing slope.
The route continued 'contouring' the south coast, the border regions, and the north coast on return to Dili.
Previous generations of humankind have revelled in the shape, the 'contours' of the female form, but now, women seem to be being educated towards a near-parody of what nature originally intended.
The strong sense of stability is created by large-diameter wheels positioned near the extreme corners of the body and by boldly 'contoured' shoulder lines that run from the headlamps to the rear of the body.
More impressive still is his quicksilver dexterity in following the ever-changing 'contours' of Sibelius' form.
Triangles provide stability and curved shapes soften the 'contours' of objects.
It's the shapes rather than the 'contours' which attract us in Piero's painting.
The images were precisely to scale, the 'contours' actual traces of the plants themselves.
These spheres are then used to compute a three-dimensional density map which, when 'contoured' , defines the surface of the gap region.
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