Shape
The shape (Old English: gesceap, created thing) of an object located in some space is a geometrical description of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from location and orientation in space, size, and other properties such as colour, content, and material composition.
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... All similar triangles have the same shape ... These shapes can be classified using complex numbers in a method advanced by J.A ... Lester and Artzy call the ratio S(u,v,w) = (u −w)/(u − v) the shape of triangle (u, v, w) ...
... natural markings and facial features, such as fur color and patterning, ear shape, and face shape and pigmentation ... within a week or so of birth, based on the shape and positioning of their genitalia ...
... The shape of water retention curves can be characterized by several models, one of them known as the van Genuchten model where is the water retention curve is ... a prediction model for the shape of the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity - saturation - pressure relationship was developed ...
... He tried streamlining the shape to reduce drag, but this resulted in a disc that was more unstable in flight ... Eventually, he turned his attention to the ring shape ... After testing several models, the ideal shape was found, and the Aerobie was produced ...
... Tetrahedrons and other shapes are available ... Cartons with a hexagonal or octagonal cross sections are sometimes used for specialty items ...
More definitions of "shape":
- (verb): Make something, usually for a specific function.
Example: "Shape a figure"
Synonyms: form, work, mold, mould, forge
- (noun): Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline).
Synonyms: form, configuration, contour, conformation
- (noun): The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.
Example: "Geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
Synonyms: form
- (noun): Alternative names for the body of a human being.
Synonyms: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
- (noun): The state of (good) health (especially in the phrases 'in condition' or 'in shape' or 'out of condition' or 'out of shape').
Synonyms: condition
- (noun): A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept.
Synonyms: embodiment
- (noun): The supremem headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe.
Synonyms: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Famous quotes containing the word shape:
“The shape of a rat?
It’s bigger than that.
It’s less than a leg
And more than a nose,
Just under the water
It usually goes.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
“How shall my animal
Whose wizard shape I trace in the cavernous skull,
Vessel of abscesses and exultation’s shell,
Endure burial under the spelling wall....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“And yonder in the gymnasts’ garden thrives
The self-sown, self-begotten shape that gives
Athenian intellect its mastery,
Even the grey-leaved olive-tree
Miracle-bred out of the living stone....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)