contour line
Example Sentences
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It arcs along a contour line 2 feet below the typical low tide.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2022
But whereas some modern-dance choreographers give us pure dance that’s all too contained, Ms. Gerring gives us phrases of exuberant sweep, shape, contour, line, impetus.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2015
Sites below the crucial contour line are dominated by millet.
From Economist • Nov. 19, 2014
Their capacitive, touch-sensing screens can register your every contour line and crosshatch.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2014
A majority of art is initially conceived in terms of contour line.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
