Definition of "contouring" []

• Present participle of contour. (verb)
• The construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable (noun)
• A technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face (noun)
• The building up of muscles with exercise (noun)

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• "The Pulsar Linear Drive S line features a machine structure designed especially for CBN technology with 500mm diameter wheels with peripheral speeds up to 120m/s, and is said to be ideal both for 'flexible' operation such as contouring and for more 'rigid' high-output processes such as plunge-cut grinding."
• "This scene was rendered very well by the PLV-Z3000, with little or no low-level noise or "contouring" artefacts."
• "'But with our Doosan boring machines and our knowledge of how to get the best and the most from them, combined with specialised tooling [such as contouring heads and boring bars for deep-hole drilling and internal profiling] and our custom-built workholding and fixtures, we're able to achieve extremely tight tolerances [0. 001mm] and superior surface finishes [Ra"