Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
continuum
contort
contorted
contortion
contortionist
contour
contour feather
contour interval
contour line
contour map
contour plowing
contr.
Contra
contra-
contra broker
contraband
contrabass
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

contour line
con·tour line (plural con·tour lines)


noun 
Definition:
 
map line showing land height: a line on a map connecting points on a land surface that are the same elevation above sea level
On this map, contour lines show you where the mountains are.
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft