Pro·file n.
 1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
 2. Paint & Sculp. A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.
 3. (a) Arch. A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like. (b) Civil Engin. A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
 Profile paper Civil Engin., paper ruled with vertical and horizontal lines forming small oblong rectangles, adapted for drawing profiles.