different between contour vs structure
contour
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French contour, from contourner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?nt??(?)/, /-t??(?)/
- Homophone: kontor
Noun
contour (plural contours)
- An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
- A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
- Synonym: contour line
- (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
- Hyponyms: diphthong, contour tone, affricate
Translations
Verb
contour (third-person singular simple present contours, present participle contouring, simple past and past participle contoured)
- (transitive) To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.
- (transitive) To mark with contour lines.
- (intransitive) To practise the makeup technique of contouring.
Anagrams
- cornuto, countor, crouton, croûton
French
Etymology
Deverbal of contourner
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.tu?/
Noun
contour m (plural contours)
- contour
Spanish
Noun
contour m (plural contours)
- contour
contour From the web:
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- what contour interval
- what contour interval was used on this map
- what contour means
- what contour lines
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- what contour should i use
- what contour shade should i use quiz
structure
English
Etymology
From Middle French structure, from Latin struct?ra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?st??kt??(?)/, [?st??kt??(?)]
- (US) IPA(key): /?st??kt??/
Noun
structure (countable and uncountable, plural structures)
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
- Synonym: formation
- The underlying shape of a solid.
- Synonym: formation
- The overall form or organization of something.
- Synonyms: makeup, configuration; see also Thesaurus:composition
- A set of rules defining behaviour.
- (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
- (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
- A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
- (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
Derived terms
- antistructure
Translations
Verb
structure (third-person singular simple present structures, present participle structuring, simple past and past participle structured)
- (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.
Translations
Related terms
- infrastructure
- macrostructure
- microstructure
- restructure
- structural
- structuralism
- structuralist
- structured
- substructure
- superstructure
- unstructured
Further reading
- structure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Latin structura
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?yk.ty?/
- Rhymes: -y?
- Homophone: structures
Noun
structure f (plural structures)
- structure
- Le plain-chant est la paraphrase aérienne et mouvante de l'immobile structure des cathédrales. (Huysmans, En route, 1895)
Synonyms
- agencement
- disposition
- ordre
- organisation
Antonyms
- anarchie
- chaos
Derived terms
- infrastructure
- structural
- structuralisme
- structuraliste
- structurant
- structuration
- structurer
- déstructurer
- restructurer
- structuration
- structure de données
- structurel
- structurellement
- substructure
- superstructure
References
- “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Participle
str?ct?re
- vocative masculine singular of str?ct?rus
structure From the web:
- what structure connects osteocytes
- what structure is similar to the endoplasmic reticulum
- what structures are found in all cells
- what structure connects the epididymis to the body
- what structures meet at the neuromuscular junction
- what structure supports the axon from within
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