alto : Idioms & Phrases

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Alto clef

  • noun a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff
    viola clef.
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  • (Mus.) the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff. Moore.
Webster 1913

alto relievo

  • noun a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth
    high relief; alto relievo.
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alto rilievo

  • noun a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth
    high relief; alto relievo.
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alto saxophonist

  • noun a musician who plays the alto saxophone
    altoist.
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alto-relievo

Al"to-re*lie"vo noun
Definitions
  1. Alto-rilievo.
Webster 1913

alto-rilievo

Al"to-ri*lie*vo noun
Etymology
It.
Wordforms
plural Alto-rilievos
Definitions
  1. (Sculp.) 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. ✍ 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.
Webster 1913

palo alto

  • noun a university town in California
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trentino-alto adige

  • noun a region of northeastern Italy bordering Austria
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