CONTOUR LINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height

Synonyms:

contour; contour line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("contour line" is a kind of...):

isometric; isometric line (a line connecting isometric points)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contour line"):

thalweg (a line following the lowest points of a valley)

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