单词 | hachure lines |
释义 | > as lemmashachure lines 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. < as lemmas |
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