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There’s a broader struggle still underway over the contours of the regional order, and that is partly what motivates him.
ERDOGAN PITCHES HIMSELF AS MUSLIM WORLD’S NEW LEADERCHARU KASTURISEPTEMBER 10, 2020OZYBecause Kydex can snap around the blade’s rear and the handle’s contours, the material can be used to retain a knife in a variety of positions, including upside down, while still allowing you to quickly deploy it using a single hand.
THREE QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE BUYING A KNIFEWES SILERSEPTEMBER 3, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINELeather looks nice and lasts a lifetime, but it can’t retain a knife with the security of Kydex, a type of plastic that’s heat-molded to fit the exact contours of a specific knife model.
THREE QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE BUYING A KNIFEWES SILERSEPTEMBER 3, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEIt uses 3D laser-sensor technology, also known as lidar, to capture the contours of a gymnast’s body.
A ROBOT REFEREE CAN REALLY KEEP ITS ‘EYE’ ON THE BALLKATHRYN HULICKAUGUST 20, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSMagnetic field lines, imaginary contours that indicate the direction of the magnetic field at various locations, loop and cross over one another like well-mixed spaghetti.
THE PHYSICS OF SOLAR FLARES COULD HELP SCIENTISTS PREDICT IMMINENT OUTBURSTSEMILY CONOVERJULY 30, 2020SCIENCE NEWSUnder the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDI hastily ran over the contour of the country we had passed through, and saw that indeed the spring must be its headwaters.
THE IDYL OF TWIN FIRESWALTER PRICHARD EATONThe eagle disappeared into the air, while the soldier admired the curved contour of the panther.
A PASSION IN THE DESERTHONORE DE BALZACHe banked left and followed the contour of the mountain, and found another group of soldiers camped near the pumice works.
THE FLAMING MOUNTAINHAROLD LELAND GOODWINThe rather flabby lines of his face had abruptly hardened over the firm contour below.
AVERAGE JONESSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMSWORDS RELATED TO CONTOUR
- architecture
- arrangement
- assembly
- build
- cast
- composition
- conception
- constitution
- contour
- cut
- development
- disposition
- edifice
- elevation
- erecting
- erection
- fabric
- fabricating
- fabrication
- figuration
- figure
- form
- format
- formation
- foundation
- improvisation
- invention
- makeup
- making
- manufacture
- mold
- origination
- outline
- plan
- planning
- prefab
- prefabrication
- putting up
- raising
- rearing
- roadwork
- shape
- structure
- system
- systematization
- turn
- type
- ambit
- arc
- arch
- bend
- bight
- bow
- camber
- catenary
- chord
- circle
- circuit
- circumference
- compass
- concavity
- contour
- crook
- curlicue
- curvation
- curvature
- ellipse
- festoon
- flexure
- hairpin
- half-moon
- helix
- horseshoe
- hyperbola
- incurvation
- incurvature
- loop
- meniscus
- ogee
- parabola
- quirk
- rondure
- round
- sinuosity
- sweep
- swerve
- trajectory
- turn
- vault
- whorl
- ambits
- arches
- arcs
- bends
- bights
- bows
- cambers
- catenaries
- chords
- circles
- circuits
- circumferences
- compasses
- concavities
- contours
- crooks
- curlicues
- curvations
- curvatures
- ellipses
- festoons
- flexures
- hairpins
- half-moons
- helices
- horseshoes
- hyperbolas
- incurvations
- incurvatures
- loops
- meniscuses
- ogees
- parabolas
- quirks
- rondures
- rounds
- sinuosities
- sweeps
- swerves
- trajectories
- turns
- vaults
- whorls
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.