mezzo-relievo

[met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh-]

mez·zo-re·lie·vo

[met-soh-ri-lee-voh, med-zoh-, mez-oh-]
noun, plural mez·zo-re·lie·vos [-vohz] .
sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Italian
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Mezzo-relievo has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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mezzo-relievo or mezzo-rilievo (ˌmɛtsəʊrɪˈliːvəʊ)
 
n
carving in which the depth of the relief is halfway between that of high relief and low relief
 
[from Italian: half relief]
 
mezzo-rilievo or mezzo-rilievo
 
n
 
[from Italian: half relief]

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