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mezzo-rilievo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mezzo-rilievo has 1 sense
- mezzo-rilievo(n = noun.artifact) half-relief, mezzo-relievo - a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief; Array is a kind of embossment, relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief
CIDE DICTIONARY
mezzo-rilievo, n. [It.].
A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mezzo-rilievo, n. a raised surface in the form of half-relief, in which the figures project half their true proportions.
Etymology
It., = half-relief
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