recontouring
Changing surface shape
Recontouring is reshaping something's contours or outline.
The term appears most often in medicine and cosmetics, where procedures recontour the body, face, or teeth: The surgeon recommended recontouring the jawline.
Landscapers recontour terrain; editors recontour narratives.
The prefix signals doing it again or doing it anew.
Decorative architectural edging
- shapingGiving something its form
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- formShape or document
mold · cast · armature · reshaping · refining · smoothing · surface · material
Assigning marks to work
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- excavationAct of unearthing
- landformNatural terrain feature
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
erosion · sediment · dredging · plateau · valley · slope · drainage · embankment
Products for beautifying faces
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- bronzerComplexion-warming makeup
cheekbones · jawline · brush · palette · definition · sculpting · strobing · baking
Surgery reshaping the nose
- faceliftCosmetic procedure reducing wrinkles
- liposuctionSurgical fat suctioning
- implantsSurgically embedded devices
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
sutures · surgeon · anesthesia · blepharoplasty · otoplasty · mammoplasty · augmentation · reduction
Line joining equal points
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- elevationHeight above reference point
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- terrainLand's physical features
projection · relief · gradient · survey · GIS · digital · interpolation · bathymetry
molding
Decorative architectural edging
form · mold · cast · armature · reshaping · refining · smoothing · surface · material · plaster
grading
Assigning marks to work
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- excavationAct of unearthing
- landformNatural terrain feature
topography · erosion · sediment · dredging · plateau · valley · slope · drainage · embankment · leveling
makeup
Products for beautifying faces
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- blendingCombining into uniformity
bronzer · cheekbones · jawline · brush · palette · definition · sculpting · strobing · baking · beauty
rhinoplasty
Surgery reshaping the nose
- faceliftCosmetic procedure reducing wrinkles
- liposuctionSurgical fat suctioning
- implantsSurgically embedded devices
incision · sutures · surgeon · anesthesia · blepharoplasty · otoplasty · mammoplasty · augmentation · reduction · scalpel
isoline
Line joining equal points
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- elevationHeight above reference point
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
terrain · projection · relief · gradient · survey · GIS · digital · interpolation · bathymetry · hillshade
recontouringflattening
Reducing to evenness
leveling · preserving · obliterating · smoothing · maintaining
recontouringpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
maintaining · conserving · stabilizing · protecting · leaving alone
contour, contours, contoured, contouring, recontoured, counter-