CONTOUR

Contour

In phonetics, contour describes speech sounds which behave as single segments, but which make an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another. These sounds may be tones, vowels, or consonants.

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contour

Noun

  1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
    The low drag contour of a modern automobile.
  2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
  3. a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.


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