hachure
See also: hachuré
English
Etymology
From French hachure (“crosshatching”), from hacher (“to hatch”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hæʃˈjʊə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /hæˈʃʊɹ/
Noun
hachure (plural hachures)
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.
Translations
a map line indicating steepness
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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.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hachure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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