Profile /(?)/

Pro·file

Profile

n.
  1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
  2. A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face. (Paint & Sculp.)
  3. A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like. (Arch.)

Phrases & Compounds
Profile paper
paper ruled with vertical and horizontal lines forming small oblong rectangles, adapted for drawing profiles.

Profile

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Profiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Profiling

  1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.
  2. To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. (Mech.)

Phrases & Compounds
Profiling machine
a jigging machine.