The cost of eating disorders was calculated by assessing the financial burden on sufferers and their carers and lost income to the economy. PwCâs estimate erred on the conservative side, it stressed.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Contour(noun) the outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery. 2  Contour(noun) the outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
Contour lines normally connect areas with equal data values, so may generally be called isolines or isopleths-lines of the same value. Normally, the primary set of contour lines is displayed as a solid line, while the secondary contour is displayed as a &shed line. For example, a standard 850-hPa, 24-hour prognosis chart has height contours in solid lines, temperature contours in dashed lines, and wind speed and direction as plotted data.