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alto relievo | alto rilievo | alto saxophonist | alto-cumulus | alto-relievo | alto-rilievo | alto-stratus | altocumulus | altocumulus cloud | altogether | altoist

alto-rilievo

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Noun
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al=to-ri=lie=vo

CIDE DICTIONARY

alto-rilievon. [It.].
     High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.  [1913 Webster]
    " When the figure stands only half out, it is called mezzo-rilievo, demi-rilievo, or medium relief; when its projection is less than one half, basso-rilievo, bas-relief, or low relief."  [1913 Webster]

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