contour map
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In addition to updating the noise contour map, Loudoun County’s proposal would require such disclosures for every home sale, not just the initial sale, anywhere within the district map.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022
When he started studying astronomy, the only map of the entire sky was a simple contour map, like the ones used for hiking.
From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2017
A graph of the various level curves of a function is called a contour map.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
A computer would interpret the subtle changes in current to make a contour map of the hills and valleys of the atomic terrain.
From New York Times • May 22, 2013
In the last few weeks he’d taught her how to build a fire, scale a fish, pitch a tent and read a contour map.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
