noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope. historical
2. 2
   shading consisting of multiple crossing lines wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To mark a map with hachures.

Synonyms

All synonyms

aeronautical chartarabesqueastronomical chartatlasazimuthal equidistant projectionazimuthal projection

Etymology

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

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