Shape

Shape

The shape (Old English: gesceap, created thing) of an object located in some space is a geometrical description of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from location and orientation in space, size, and other properties such as colour, content, and material composition.

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Famous quotes containing the word shape:

    “You’re a business idea in the shape of a man.”
    —David Lean (1908–1991)

    “We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “But a camel’s all lumpy
    And bumpy and humpy—
    Any shape does for me.”
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