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hachure en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /hæʃˈjʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /hæˈʃʊɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French hachure (“crosshatching”), from hacher (“to hatch”).

Meanings

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 less steep the lines are finer and wider apart, gradually tapering off and becoming lighter until they stop where the slope ends, so that there is no hill-shading on level country." 1990, Oxford University Press, The Oxford School Atlas (27th Edition), page 9, recto:

Forms

Translations (2)

ru гашю́ра (a map line indicating steepness) · fr hachure (a map line indicating steepness)

hachure en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /hæʃˈjʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /hæˈʃʊɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French hachure (“crosshatching”), from hacher (“to hatch”).

Meanings

1. To mark a map with hachures.

Forms