contour map

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contour
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.tɔːr/us
/ˈkɑːn.tʊr/
the shape of a mass of land or other object, especially its curved surface or the curved shape formed by its ...
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map
noun[C]
uk
/mæp/us
/mæp/
a drawing of the earth's surface, or part of that surface, showing the shape and position of different countries, political borders, natural features such as rivers and mountains, and artificial features such as roads ...
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An iso-barcontourmapwas then produced, showing areas of pressure corresponding to specific finger volitions.
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The vertical vorticitycontourmapconsists of a dipole perturbation nested in each vortex core of the pair (figure 4a).
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Four zero locations are shown by thecontourmap.
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The ganglion cell dendrites were manually defined in a pixel intensitycontourmapfor each focal plane.
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About 60 min are required to acquire the data to construct acontourmapif the velocity field is time independent.
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The map referred to was a preliminarycontourmapof the caesium deposition.
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A noisecontourmapwas drawn up and published and many homes were visited.
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Other types of mass spectrometry data are well represented as a three-dimensionalcontourmap.
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A properly labeledcontourmaphelps the reader to quickly interpret the shape of the terrain.
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It uses a pre-recordedcontourmapof the terrain that is compared to measurements made during flight by an on-board radar altimeter.
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In this case the product of the investigation is a sound levelcontourmap.
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This means that gravitational potential energy on acontourmapis proportional to altitude.
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Let "h" be the uniform interval of altitude between contours on thecontourmap, and let "x" be the distance between two contours.
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Using this device, the measuredcontourmapnow shows difference from the desired shape instead of difference from a sphere.
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The contour interval of acontourmapis the difference in elevation between successive contour lines.
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Acontourmapcan show which type is more effective (both thermal efficiency and energy/cost) for any geographic region.
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