ALT

ALT or AL'TO, adjective [Latin altus, high; Heb. upper, high.]In music a term applied to high notes in the scale. In sculpture, alto-relievo, high relief, is when the figures project half or more, without being entirely detached from the ground.

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Alt (�), a. & n. [[See Alto.]] (Mus.) The higher part of the scale. See Alto. To be in alt, to be in an exalted state of mind.