Outline or outlining may refer to:
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Outline (list)
An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure. An outline is used to present the main points (in sentences) or topics (terms) of a given subject. Each item ...
, a document summary, in hierarchical list format
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Code folding
Code or text folding, or less commonly holophrasting, is a feature of some graphical user interfaces that allows the user to selectively hide ("fold") or display ("unfold") parts of a document. This allows the user to manage large amounts of tex ...
, a method of hiding or collapsing code or text to see content in outline form
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Outline drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayon ...
, a sketch depicting the outer edges of a person or object, without interior details or shading
* Outline (note-taking software), a note-taking application
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Outline typeface
A computer font is implemented as a digital data file containing a set of graphically related glyphs. A computer font is designed and created using a font editor. A computer font specifically designed for the computer screen, and not for print ...
, in typography
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Outline VPN
Outline VPN is a free and open-source tool that deploys Shadowsocks servers on multiple cloud service providers. The software suite also includes client software for multiple platforms. Outline was developed by Jigsaw, a technology incubator ...
, a free and open-source Shadowsocks deployment tool
* Outline, the representation of a word in
shorthand
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek ''s ...
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Step outline
A step outline (more commonly called a beat sheet) is a detailed telling of a story with the intention of turning the story into a screenplay for a motion picture.
The step outline briefly details every scene of the screenplay's story, and often ...
, or just outline, the first summary of a story for a film script
Media
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''Outline'' (novel), a 2014 novel by Rachel Cusk
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''Outlines'' (collection), a 1939 collection of poems by surrealist poet
Jean Venturini
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The Outline (website), a news company
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Outlines Festival, an annual one-day music festival held in Sheffield, United Kingdom
* Outline Records, record label founded by
Jane Ira Bloom
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The Outline (band), an experimental band from the United States
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"Outlines" (song), a 2014 song by Mike Mago and Dragonette
See also
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Outliner, a software application for creating outlines
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Contour (disambiguation)
Contour may refer to:
* Contour (linguistics), a phonetic sound
* Pitch contour
* Contour (camera system), a 3D digital camera system
* Contour, the KDE Plasma 4 interface for tablet devices
* Contour line, a curve along which the function has a ...
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Lining out
Lining out or hymn lining, called precenting the line in Scotland, is a form of a cappella hymn-singing or hymnody in which a leader, often called the clerk or precentor, gives each line of a hymn tune as it is to be sung, usually in a chanted for ...
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Silhouette
A silhouette ( , ) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the silhou ...
, an art form emphasizing the outline of the subject of the art
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