“等高线”一词的来源与确定

摘要

ln the late Qing period, the contour was introduced into China, and original y cal ed“pingpou-mianxian”. ln 1886 for the first time the concept of“denggaojiexian” was appeared. During the period of the republic of China, there were some synonyms for contour, some were cal ed “denggaoxian”,“denggaoquxian”in the book about geography and cartography, and others were cal ed “quxianshi”,“shuipingquxian” in the book about military. After the founding of PRC, the name of the contour gradual y unified in topography.%晚清时期，“等高线”传入中国，最初被称为“平剖面线”。1886年首次出现了“等高界线”的概念。民国时期，等高线有多个同义名称，大部分地理、地图类书籍中称其为“等高线”或“等高曲线”，大部分军事教程中，将等高线称为“曲线式”或“水平曲线”。1949年以后，等高线在测绘学中的名称逐渐统一。