How to say "contour" in Japanese

• 輪郭りんかくCommon
  nounCovers 'contour' in the visual sense: the outline or silhouette of a face, figure, or shape — the line tracing its edge. Typical when describing facial contours or the edges of a drawn figure.
  彼かれはその機械きかいの輪郭りんかくをスケッチします。↗

  He sketches the outline of the machine.
• 外郭がいかくCommon
  nounRefers to the outer boundary or perimeter enclosing something, such as the outer frame of a structure — not the visible silhouette of a face or figure.

Use 輪郭 for the visible outline or silhouette of a face, figure, or shape; use 外郭 for the outer boundary or perimeter enclosing something, not for the outline you see or draw.

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• 輪郭りんかくcontour
• コンターcontour
• コントゥアcontour
• 等高線とうこうせんcontour line
• 外郭がいかくoutline