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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

  1. noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
  2. noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
  3. verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.

circuit — full definition

  1. noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
  2. noun A regular route or series of venues that someone travels for work, sport, or performance.
  3. verb To travel all the way around something.

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