amerikai:
brit:
1. The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
2. The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
3. A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
4. A specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
5. Reputation.
6. The amount by which something protrudes.
Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
7. Prominence; noticeability.
Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.
8. A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
9. Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
What's the thermal profile on that thing?
10. A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
11. A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
12. An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.
1. To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
2. To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
3. To draw in profile or outline.
4. To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
5. To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.