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 hierarchy, hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure. An outline is used to present the main points (in Sentence (linguistics), sentences) or Topic and co ...
, a document summary, in hierarchical list format
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Code folding, a method of hiding or collapsing code or text to see content in outline form
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Outline drawing, a sketch depicting the outer edges of a person or object, without interior details or shading
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Outline typeface, in typography
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Outline VPN, 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 Cursive, longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Gr ...
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Step outline, 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
* The Outline (band), an experimental band from the United States
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"Outlines" (song), by Mike Mago and Dragonette
* "Outlines", a song by All Time Low from
''Don't Panic''
See also
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Outliner, a software application for creating outlines
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Contour (disambiguation)
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Lining out
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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 silhouett ...
, an art form emphasizing the outline of the subject of the art
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