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Webster 1913 Edition
Hachure
Definition 2024
hachure
hachure
See also: hachuré
English
Noun
hachure (plural hachures)
- (cartography, chiefly historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.
Translations
a map line indicating steepness
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Usage notes
- Unlike contour lines, hachures are drawn in the direction of the slope and their thickness and closeness is used to represent the relief with shading. They are no longer used on most modern maps.
Verb
hachure (third-person singular simple present hachures, present participle hachuring, simple past and past participle hachured)
- To mark a map with hachures.
French
Etymology
Noun
hachure f (plural hachures)
- A crosshatching line.
- (cartography) A mapping hachure or the technique itself.
- (rare) Something minced.