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Profile paper
(gcide) | Profile \Pro"file\, n. [It. profilo, fr. L. pro before + filum a
thread, an outline, shape: cf. F. profil. See File arow,
and cf. Purfle, Purl, a fringe.]
1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
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2. (Paint & Sculp.) A human head represented sidewise, or in
a side view; the side face or half face.
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3.
(a) (Arch.) A section of any member, made at right angles
with its main lines, showing the exact shape of
moldings and the like.
(b) (Civil Engin.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section
of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work,
as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions,
grades, etc.
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Profile paper (Civil Engin.), paper ruled with vertical and
horizontal lines forming small oblong rectangles, adapted
for drawing profiles.
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