Usually means: Line connecting points of equal elevation.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. contour line: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. contour line: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contour line: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contour line: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contour line: Vocabulary.com
  6. contour line: Wordnik
  7. contour line: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. contour line: Wiktionary
  9. contour line: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. contour line: Dictionary.com
  11. Contour line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. contour line: Rhymezone
  13. contour line: Free Dictionary
  14. contour line: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. contour line: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contour line: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contour line: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contour line: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Contour Line: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contour line)

noun:  (geography) A line on a map through points of equal elevation, often height above sea level.

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