1)

The outline, shape, or form created by any Environmental Object.

2)

A distinct type of method - which when employed, utilizes the outline of an Environmental Object to aim, guide, and/or aid in the execution of move(s).

Inflected Form(s):

Contouring (adjective), Contoured (past tense, verb, adverb), Contours (plural)

Comments:

1)

Contours are everywhere in our environment. Every object in one's environment has a contour. The human eye uses contours as one of the major ways of determining the identity of an object.

The contour of an object can be used to determine weak points on the object - which would typically be in concave areas (pockets) of the contour.

The outline of the object can be used by the sense of touch to aid and guide move(s) to their intended target(s). Contouring in these situations can be used to eliminate or minimize the need for eyesight.

Once contact is make with an object, knowing it's contour helps predetermine depth and potential future targets.

2)

Contouring is a broad subject that can be broken down into more precisely defined methods - with each method using contouring in a distinct manner.

Contouring can be broken down into the following major categories:

Contact

Non-contact

Contact contouring is employed while making and/or maintaining contact with an object. It can further be broken down into the following types:

a.Fitting

b.Frictional Pull

c.Frictional Push

d.Gravitational Check

e.Guidelining

f.Launching

g.Leveraging

h.Needling

i.Pivoting

j.Pressing Check

k.Scrape

l.Sliding Check

m.Threading

n.Tracking

o.Windshield Wiper

Non-contact contouring is employed by not making any physical contact with an object. It can further be broken down into the following types:

a.Complementary Angle

b.Angle Matching

c.Silhouetting

d.Framing

e.Symmetrical Angles

f.Corresponding Angles

Opposite(s):

Angle of Contact, Angle of Incidence, Intersect, Intercept, Meet

Related Definition(s):

Aim, Align, Angle, Claw, Concave, Contact, Deviate, Deflect, Distance, Execute, Fit, Frame, Gap, Gauge, Guide, Guideline, Launch, Leverage, Maintain, Method, Move, Needle, Pivot, Rake, Ratchet, Ream, Scrape, Shape, Silhouette, Skip, Skip Check, Slice, Sliding Check, Slip, Track, Travel, Weapon, Weave

Related Term(s):

Anatomical Weak Point, Angle Matching, Angle of Travel, Body Fulcrum, Cat Around, Colliding Forces, Complementary Angle, Contour Confinement, Contour Disciplining, Contour Fulcrum, Contour Guidance, Corresponding, Angles, Deviate, Environmental Object, Eyeless Sight, Frictional Pull, Frictional Push, Frictional Scrape, Gravitational Check, Guided Angle of Delivery, Guided Collision, Line of Travel, Maintain the Gap, Path of Travel, Pressing Check, Proportional Contouring, Skip Check, Sliding Check, Windshield Wiper, Zone Disciplining, Zone of Confinement