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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 con·tour /ˈkɑnˌtʊr/
 輪廓(vt.)畫輪廓(a.)與輪廓相符的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 con·tour /ˈkɑnˌtʊ(ə)r/ 名詞
 輪廓,外形,等高線

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 contour
 外形

From: Network Terminology

 contour
 輪廓 等高

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·tour n.
 1. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.
    Titian's coloring and contours.   --A. Drummond.
 2. Mil. The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
 Contour feathers Zool., those feathers that form the general covering of a bird.
 Contour of ground Surv., the outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc.
 Contour line Topographical Suv., the line in which a horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in a map or chart.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 contour
      n 1: a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
           [syn: contour line]
      2: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
         "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
         [syn: shape, form, configuration, conformation]
      3: a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of
         anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the
         melody"; "it defines a major contour of this
         administration"
      v : form the contours of