Contour length is a term used in molecular physics. The contour length of a polymer chain (a big molecule consisting of many similar smaller molecules) is its length at maximum physically possible extension.[1]
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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… … Wikipedia
Contour advection — simulation Contour advection is a Lagrangian method of simulating the evolution of one or more contours or isolines of a tracer as it is stirred by a moving fluid. Consider a blob of dye injected into a river or stream: to first order it could be … Wikipedia
length of shoreline — length of the contour of the shoreline … Dictionary of ichthyology
Contour drawing — A contour drawing by Egon Schiele. Contour drawing, is an artistic technique used in the field of art in which the artist sketches the contour of a subject by drawing lines that result in a drawing that is essentially an outline; the French word… … Wikipedia
Length (phonetics) — In phonetics, length or quantity is a feature of sounds that are distinctively longer than other sounds. There are long vowels as well as long consonants (the latter are often called geminates ).Many languages do not have distinctive length.… … Wikipedia
contour integration — Math. integration in the complex plane about a closed curve of finite length. * * * … Universalium
contour integration — Math. integration in the complex plane about a closed curve of finite length … Useful english dictionary
Kuhn length — The Kuhn length is a theoretical treatment of a real polymer chain divided into N Kuhn segments with Kuhn length b, so that each Kuhn segments can be thought of as if they are freely jointed with each other. The contour length is L=Nb. The… … Wikipedia
Pitch contour — In linguistics, speech synthesis, and music, the pitch contour of a sound is a function or curve that tracks the perceived pitch of the sound over time. Pitch contour may include multiple sounds utilizing many pitches, and can relate to frequency … Wikipedia
Tone contour — A tone contour is a tone in a tonal language which shifts from one pitch to another over the course of the syllable or word. Tone contours are especially common in East and Southeast Asia, but occur elsewhere, such as the Kru languages of Liberia … Wikipedia
