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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sculptural relief in which the modeled forms project from the background by at least half their depth.
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- noun A form of
classical sculpture in which formsextend from thebackground by at least half of theirdepth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth
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