contour interval

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noun

the difference in elevation represented by each contour line on a topographic map.

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Words nearby contour interval

contour, contour curtain, contour feather, contouring, contour integration, contour interval, contour line, contour map, contour ploughing, contour sheet, contr.

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How to use contour interval in a sentence

The interval between possession and hell was short,” he says, “though I admit it was wonderful.
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Five times during that span, the majority of species on the planet vanished in a short interval of time.
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After her first audible prompt, which came shortly after the interval, the audience sat patiently.
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Each health risk was presented honestly and intelligently with a confidential interval.
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It also reveals in vivid visual form the precise contour of the transition.
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Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
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Drowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
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The song stopped abruptly, the music died away, there was an interval of silence no one broke.
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This short interval had more than sufficed for De Lucenay's mysterious operations.
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Mr. Pontellier once more seated himself with elevated feet, and after a reasonable interval of time smoked some more cigars.
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British Dictionary definitions for contour interval

contour interval

noun

the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map

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