Contour lines are curves that connect contiguous points of the same altitude ( isohypse ).

* Functions are easy to produce, visualize and interpret, due to the pictorial nature of the graph of a function ( i. e. curves, Contour lines, and surfaces ).

Contour labels ( green ) are in units of W m < sup >− 2 </ sup >.

* Various interior plastic pieces and covers on the Contour are no longer spray-painted silver and are left black.

Contour lines and triangulated irregular networks ( TIN ) are used to represent elevation or other continuously changing values.

Among the cars that have synchromesh in reverse are the 1995-2000 Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique, ' 00 -' 05 Chevrolet Cavalier, Mercedes 190 2. 3-16, the V6 equipped Alfa Romeo GTV / Spider ( 916 ), certain Chrysler, Jeep, and GM products which use the New Venture NV3500 and NV3550 units, the European Ford Sierra and Granada / Scorpio equipped with the MT75 gearbox, the Volvo 850, and almost all Lamborghinis and BMWs.

Contour lines are curved or straight lines on a map describing the intersection of a real or hypothetical surface with one or more horizontal planes.

There are seven domes, Dumbbells, Contour, Hoodoo, Malloch, Haakon, Helicopter and Isachsen Dome ( 260m ) which is the highest point on the island.

These headphones use patented Contour Ear Gels, invented by Mark Blanchard of Klipsch Group, which are anatomically designed to accurately fit inside the human ear canal.

In this image, red lines are Contour line # Temperature and related subjects | isotherms, solid green lines are the potential temperature, and dashed green lines are the equivalent potential temperature ; these three all use the temperature scale at the horizontal 1000 mb level near the bottom.

The blue lines are the Contour line # Barometric pressure | isobars ( scale on the left side ) and the dashed purple lines are the saturated Humidity # Mixing ratio / Humidity ratio | humidity mixing ratio ( scale inside the graph, near the right ).

Contour and down feathers are generally identified as the main target, although in some cases, tail and flight feathers are affected.

It is a common misconception that the Poly tones are not affected by the Contour settings.

Initially, three trim levels were available for the Contour a base GL, a more luxurious LX and a sporty SE.

* Mystique's interior also received new fabric choices ( leather seating, previously optional, became standard on LS models ) and faux wood trim to make it more upscale than the Contour.

In mid-production for the 1998 model, ( manufactured after Feb 98 ) Ford decided to make several more changes to the SVT Contour.

Gillette subsequently introduced the Atra twin-blade razors ( known as Contour in many parts of the world ), which featured a pivoting razor head that the company claimed would more closely follow the shape of the face.

" As well as having a slightly different, less symmetrical and more contoured body shape ( known in Fender advertising as the " Offset Waist Contour " body ), the Jazz Bass neck is noticeably narrower at the nut than that of the Fender Precision Bass.

Contour stripping is often followed by auger mining into the hillside, to remove more of the mineral.

Additionally, the synthesizer's features aren't labeled using the usual synthesizer nomenclature, instead using more " laymen friendly " terms such as " Tone Source " for the oscillators, " Contour " for the envelope with " Rise Time " for Attack Time and " Fall Time " instead of Decay or Release Time.

All Stage King guitars feature Reverend's distinctive and highly lauded Bass Contour Control ( BCC ), a knob allowing the player to control tone more finely than conventional bass / treble knobs ( which Reverend guitars also include ).

Intended as a world car, it replaced the Ford Sierra in Europe, the Ford Telstar in a large portion of Asia and other markets, while the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique replaced the Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz in North America.

It came with a jump in price: the most expensive 1994 Tempo ( a loaded LX sedan with a V6 ) was about US $ 12, 900 ($ 16, 500 in 2005 dollars ), while a base model 1995 Contour ( GL with four-cylinder engine and manual transmission ) was $ 13, 990.

The new-for-1995 Ford Windstar was then built at the Ontario plant that formerly built the Tempo, while Kansas City turned over to Ford Contour / Mercury Mystique production ( shared with a plant in Hermosillo, Mexico ).

The Contour settings can only affect Polyphony while a key is pressed due to the Polyphonic gate design.

Shown as a colored Contour line | contour plot is the z-component of the field.

This screenshot is of a structure map generated by Contour map software for an 8500ft deep gas & Oil reservoir in the Erath field, Vermilion Parish, Erath, Louisiana.

Contour canals require only a small water supply since no water is lost to locks, but this method of construction would make the canal longer than it need have been.

Although Car and Driver staff wrote an article in 2009 apologizing for the inclusion of the Ford Contour on the " Ten Best " list, it was the only car the staff did not outright recant from the list, but did cite that, in hindsight, the car should have been considered too small for its price range to properly meet criteria, and that this is the likely reason for the car's failure to achieve widespread appeal.

This engine, first unveiled in the Mondeo's North American cousin, the Ford Contour, is characterized by its smooth operation, chain-driven camshafts and an ability to operate using only half its 24 valves at low engine speeds.

There is however another theory advanced by some motoring journalists: because the Contour and Mystique were not created in the United States, they suffered from a lack of enthusiasm from inside Ford's North American operations.

Those same theorists point to the fact that the BMW 3 Series — arguably a " world car ", in the sense one version is sold globally, does quite well in the United States and it is the same size as the Contour and Mystique.

* Jama Contour is a software package, produced by Jama Software

Contour integration is closely related to the calculus of residues, a methodology of complex analysis.

Contour crafting is a construction process under development by Behrokh Khoshnevis of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute ( in the Viterbi School of Engineering ) that uses a computer-controlled crane or gantry to build edifices rapidly and efficiently without manual labor.

Khoshnevis also states that NASA is evaluating Contour Crafting for its application in the construction of bases on Mars and the Moon.

Contour plowing ( or contour ploughing ) or contour farming is the farming practice of ploughing across a slope following its elevation contour lines.

Contour plowing is also promoted in countries with similar rainfall patterns to the United States such as western Canada and Australia.

Contour farming was practiced by the ancient Phoenicians, and is known to be effective for slopes between two and ten percent.

When the Contour ( Envelope ) is triggered by the LFO, it allows for periodic LFO-type waves to be applied to the VCF or VCA, depending on the Rise-and Fall-times.

For the SVT trim, Edmunds. com named the Contour SVT the most wanted sedan under $ 25, 000 for the year of 1999.

“ It also incorporates the most modern cruise missile technology of Terrain Contour Matching ( Tercom ) and Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation ( DSMAC ), which enhances its precision and effectiveness manifolds .”