Contour

Contour may refer to:

• an outline or silhouette
• a contour line on a contour map, or the corresponding line on the ground or sea bed
• Contour (linguistics), a phonetic sound
• Pitch contour (music), a melody shape
• Contour (camera system), a 3D digital camera system
• Equal-loudness contour, a measure of sound pressure
• Service contour, a coverage area in US broadcasting
• Jama Contour is a collaborative solution that helps development teams build products, produced by Jama Software

In programming :

• Lexical contour, the boundary of lexical variable scope
• boundaries of level sets

In mathematics :

• A contour line of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value.
• a closed path in the mathematical method of contour integration
• boundary of a set

Contours may refer to:

• Contours (album), an album by Sam Rivers
• The Contours, a soul music group
• Ford Contour, a motor car
• CONTOUR, a space probe

See also

• Active contour, a concept in computer vision
• Contour bunding, an agricultural technique
• Contour canal, an artificial water channel
• Contour Crafting, a proposed construction process
• Contour drawing, an artistic style (produced, for example, by blind contour drawing)
• Contour length, a concept in molecular physics
• Contour plowing (or ploughing), an agricultural technique
• Contour rivalry, an artistic technique
• Contour threads, used in cosmetic surgery
• Illusory contours, an optical illusion
• Upper and lower contour sets, concepts in mathematical economics

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