单词 | hachure |
释义 | hachuren. Cartography (plural). The lines used in hill-shading to indicate the more or less steep slope of the surface. Also attributive as in hachure lines. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > map colouring > hill shading hachure1858 hill-shading1877 hachuring1885 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 173 The scale of shade is made to express the degree of slope by the strength of the hachure lines. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 12 If the ground is steep, the lines, or hachures, are drawn thick and close together, so that the hilly spots become dark. 1887 J. T. Walker in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 709/2 There are two rival methods of hill-shading—one by horizontal contours, the other by vertical hachures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hachurev. transitive. To shade (a map) with hachures to represent the elevations. ΚΠ 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Derivatives haˈchured adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [adjective] > hill-shading hachured1894 1894 Literary World 3 Aug. 76 How vividly hachured maps may bring out the important physical features of accidented ground. haˈchuring n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [noun] > map colouring > hill shading hachure1858 hill-shading1877 hachuring1885 1885 Athenæum 23 May 655/2 The Hill features..are printed in a separate colour..making the Map much more picturesque than the usual black hachuring permits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1858v.1864 |
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