contorno — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- circuit noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
- contour noun The outline or shape of something, especially a curved edge.
- line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
- outline noun The line or shape marking the edge of something.
- silhouette noun A dark solid outline or shape seen against a lighter background, showing only the outer form.
Senses
contorno is used for these senses in English:
- bypass A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
- circuit That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
- contouring a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face
- line The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- ring road (chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
- silhouette An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]
bypass — full definition
- noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
- verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.
circuit — full definition
- noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
- noun A regular route or series of venues that someone travels for work, sport, or performance.
- verb To travel all the way around something.