Category:Profile

Pro"file, n. Etym: [it. profilo, fr. L. pro before + filum a thread, An outline, shape: cf. F. profil. See file arow, and cf. Purfle, Purl, a fringe.]

1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.

2. (paint & sculp.)

Defn: a human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side Face or half face.

3. (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. Profile paper (civil Engin.), paper ruled with vertical and horizontal lines forming small Oblong rectangles, adapted for drawing profiles.

Profile Pro"file, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Profiling] Etym: [cf. F. profiler, it. profilare. See profile, n.]

1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural Member.

2. (mech.)

Defn: to shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around It. Profiling machine, a jigging machine.