Noun

(countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object

His fingers traced the profile of the handle.

(countable) 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.

(countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person

Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.

(countable) 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.

(uncountable) reputation

(uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes

Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.

(uncountable) prominence; noticeability

Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile .

(archaeology) 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.

Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).

What's the thermal profile on that thing?

(architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.

(civil engineering) 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.

Noun

(wikipedia name) (en noun)

Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

* Bible, Genesis ii. 19

Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

* Shakespeare

That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.

* 1904 , , (The Marvelous Land of Oz) :

So good a man as this must surely have a name .

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Reputation.

* 1604 , (William Shakespeare), :

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord / Is the immediate jewel of their souls.[http://www.bartleby.com/100/138.34.42.html]

* 1952 , (Old Testament), Revised Standard Version , Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13:

And David won a name for himself.[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Rsv2Sam.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1]

A person (or legal person).

* Dryden

They list with women each degenerate name .

* second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place , ISBN 1841692336, page 287 [http://books.google.com/books?id=7bxvJIs5_wsC&pg=PA287&dq=names]:

Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall,.

* 2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management , ISBN 0074620975 page 79 [http://books.google.com/books?id=-IaKYHY0sogC&pg=PA79&dq=names]:

Would it be able to fight the competition from ITC Agro Tech and Liptons who were ready and able to commit large resources? With such big names as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?

* 2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability , ISBN 0203891058, page 29 [http://books.google.com/books?id=bM6MPBIFwkQC&pg=PA29&dq=names]:

International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and.

Those of a certain name; a race; a family.

* Macaulay

The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name , came every day to pay their feigned civilities.

(computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.

An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.