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Alto Relievo

Definition: Alto Relievo

Alto Relievo

Noun

1. A sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth.

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Specialty Definitions: Alto Relievo

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Literature

Alto relievo Italian for "high relief." A term used in sculpture for figures in wood, stone, marble, etc., so cut as to project at least one-half from the tablet. It should be rilievo (3 syl.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Alto Relievo

Synonyms: alto rilievo (n), high relief (n). (additional references)
Antonym: bas relief (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Alto Relievo

English words defined with "alto relievo": Grand relief. (references)
Specialty definitions using "alto relievo": Mezzo Relievo. (references)

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Modern Translations: Alto Relievo

Language Translations for "alto relievo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

горелеф (high relief), висок релеф. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

dombormû (relief, relievo). (various references)

   

Italian

  

altorilievo (high relief). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

altoay elievoray

   

Portuguese

  

alto-relevo (sculpture in the round). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

горельеф (high relief). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

veliko olakšanje. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yüksek kabartma. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

горель"ф. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Alto Relievo

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-l-o-o-r-t-v"

-3 letters: aerolite, elevator, laetrile, levirate, lovelier, ovariole, overlate, overtoil, relative, violater, violator, volatile.

-4 letters: allover, alveoli, atelier, elative, eviller, leavier, levator, literal, litoral, overall, overate, overeat, overlet, overlie, overlit, reallot, relievo, tallier, variole, vealier, violate.

-5 letters: areole, elater, etoile, eviler, laveer, leaver, levier, liever, loiter, looter, loreal, oleate, oolite, oorali, oriole, relate, relive, retail.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Alto Relievo


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6C 74 6F      52 65 6C 69 65 76 6F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101100 01110100 01101111 00100000 01010010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100101 01110110 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#116 &#111 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#108 &#105 &#101 &#118 &#111

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 0074 006F      0052 0065 006C 0069 0065 0076 006F

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35788681252717875718881

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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