hachures

Meaning of hachures

plural noun

parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.

mid 19th century: from French, from hacher (see hatch3).

Information about hachures

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of hachures is: hachure.
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Hyphenation of hachures

hachures

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • hachures is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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