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hachures

hachures is the plural of hachure.

Meaning of hachure

Noun

hachure (plural hachures)

  1. (historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.⁷
    • "The adjoining Fig. 1 shows a mountainous island with the hill slopes indicated by a method of Hill-shading called 'hachures'. These hachures are lines indicating the direction of the slope. Where the slopes are steep the lines are thick and close together, making a dark shade; when the slopes are...1990, Oxford University Press, The Oxford School Atlas (27th Edition), page 9, recto

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Questions about hachures

What is hachures the plural of?
Hachures is the plural of hachure.

Words near hachures in the dictionary

  1. hachoo
  2. hachshara
  3. hachsharah
  4. hachure
  5. hachured
  6. hachures
  7. hachuring
  8. hacienda
  9. Hacienda Heights
  10. haciendado
  11. haciendadoes

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