contour
ਟਸਰਫ਼
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.
example
the movement tends to place more emphasis on rhythm than melodic 'contour'
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.
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.
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.
below the 1200-ft 'contour' is a belt of limestone
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?
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.
The teacher then modulated the intonational 'contour' until it corresponded to the first syllables of the word paleontologist.
Regardless of the words, it seems the melodic 'contour' of the song describes the nature of the land over which the song passes.
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.
Surgeons have advanced in technique to shape and 'contour' the deeper facial tissues and resuspend them.
The outer edge is being cut to 'contour' and then rolled into shape.
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.
The route continued 'contouring' the south coast, the border regions, and the north coast on return to Dili.
Its even more powerful appearance is reflected in a new frontal design with short body overhangs and a highly 'contoured' rear end.
His orchestral forces are reduced, tempos are uniformly brisk, 'contours' are sharpened, and his textures are ‘lean and mean’.
In many cases the scale is not given, and in the littorals the bottom depth 'contours' are not identified.
The greens, all of different shapes and 'contours' , all have an excellent putting surface.
Open linear shapes are the 'contours' of nurses' stations, curved forms the sine waves of various organ-function monitors.
The rooms have shapes and 'contours' that seem determined to disorientate, although the overall effect is striking and seductive.
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.
There are plenty of interesting things to say about these pitch 'contours' , but irony and sarcasm are not an essential part of the discussion.
The clip, which is 'contoured' neatly into the pen, is also a new design.
When I buy a house I get out the maps and study the 'contours' , rejecting anything where there's the slightest chance of flooding.
These are represented by utility 'contours' which indicate increased levels of happiness as we move away from the origin to higher levels of consumption of both goods.
No independent existence for women outside of the patriarchal system that shaped the 'contours' of their lives was possible.
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.
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.
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