contour

It also reveals in vivid visual form the precise contour of the transition.

Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.

I hastily ran over the contour of the country we had passed through, and saw that indeed the spring must be its headwaters.

The eagle disappeared into the air, while the soldier admired the curved contour of the panther.

He banked left and followed the contour of the mountain, and found another group of soldiers camped near the pumice works.

The rather flabby lines of his face had abruptly hardened over the firm contour below.