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单词 hachures
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Definition of hachures in English:

hachures

plural nounhaˈʃjʊəz
  • Parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, British cartographers favoured showing height by means of contour lines while the French preferred hachures.
    • A map drawn with contours contains all of the information that a map with hachures and tinting has, plus it contains elevations.
    • You may be able to work around the problem by turning off the hachures for all contours except the innermost closed contour.
    • In the background hachures and shading are used to represent the value of the current velocity.
    • Although thicker hachures indicate steeper slopes, hachure density remains constant throughout the map area except in areas of gentle slope.

Derivatives

  • hachured

  • adjective
    • The equivalent Upper Leduc stage, shown by hachured area in the inset lower left cross section, is not isopached.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The hachured area on the attached map has been identified to alert potential nominators that additional operating terms and conditions may be applied at the activity stage.
      • This map of a portion of Honduras includes a trail, rivers and streams, settlements, and hachured relief.
      • If you look at G-H and E-F you can see that this is true for both hachured and unhachured contours!
      • The final upper hachured triangle is filled in completely and is probably a painting mistake.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, from hacher (see hatch3).

 
 

Definition of hachures in US English:

hachures

plural noun
  • Short parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A map drawn with contours contains all of the information that a map with hachures and tinting has, plus it contains elevations.
    • For example, British cartographers favoured showing height by means of contour lines while the French preferred hachures.
    • You may be able to work around the problem by turning off the hachures for all contours except the innermost closed contour.
    • In the background hachures and shading are used to represent the value of the current velocity.
    • Although thicker hachures indicate steeper slopes, hachure density remains constant throughout the map area except in areas of gentle slope.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, from hacher (see hatch).

 
 
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