GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Profile , n. [It. profilo, fr. L. pro before + filum a thread, an outline, shape: cf. F. profil. See File arow, and cf. Purfle, Purl, a fringe.]
   An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
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   (Paint & Sculp.) A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.
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   (a) (Arch.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like. (b) (Civil Engin.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
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   Profile paper (Civil Engin.), paper ruled with vertical and horizontal lines forming small oblong rectangles, adapted for drawing profiles.
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   Profile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Profiling] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See Profile, n.]
   to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.
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   (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.
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   Profiling machine, a jigging machine.
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