The phrase "sharp contour" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe an edge or outline on an object or figure that has strong, distinct points or angles, rather than being curved or blurred. For example, "The sharp contour of the mountain ridge was silhouetted against the evening sky."
Thickly painted in vivid colors within sharp contour lines, statuesque women in scanty costumes appear in posterlike compositions with their names spelled out in big, graphically charged letters.
The two "easy" – go on, try – Op 49 sonatas had sharp contour and grace, as did the more ambitious Op 54 in F, each contrasting episode made transparent.
The lighting in the painting ranges from full light to darkness, and yet there is not a single bright hue or sharp contour in the work.
This feature, in combination with a specialized set of lenses, projects images onto a computer controlled image sensor and results in high penetration sharp contour visualization of the microcirculation showing flowing red and white blood cells.
It surely explained the sharp contours and deft balances in the Mozart.
The 2's chief designer, Ikuo Maeda, calls the design "a rhythmic interplay between soft surfaces and sharp contours".
"It was a war of total improvisation,... a war without sharp contours, compensated for through higher levels of unfocused ferocity".
Mr. Maeda says the design is "a rhythmic interplay between soft surfaces and sharp contours," or between the organic and the mechanical.
Her voice has sharp contours but not much depth, leaving even her best songs, like "L.E.S. Artistes," "Unstoppable" and "You'll Find a Way" a bit slippery.
While conveying the sharp contours and modernism of Berg's atonal musical language, Mr. Fischer-Dieskau reveals the plaintive lyricism of the vocal writing.
As Apple prepares to unveil a new version of its most profitable product, the iPhone, in San Francisco, it's Gibney's view that the sharp contours of Jobs' personality remain set into the highly proscribed way they function.
