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  • 111RELIEF —    prominence of a sculpture from a plain surface; works in relief are of three kinds: alto relievo, high relief; mezzo relievo, medium relief; basso relievo, low relief …

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  • 112relief*/*/*/ — [rɪˈliːf] noun 1) [singular/U] a relaxed happy feeling that you get because something bad has ended or has not happened It s a huge relief to know that everyone is safe.[/ex] To her relief, someone had found her keys.[/ex] 2) [U] the reduction of …

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  • 113relief — I re•lief [[t]rɪˈlif[/t]] n. 1) alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, oppression, etc 2) a feeling of comfort or ease caused by such alleviation or deliverance 3) gov money, food, or other help given to those in poverty or… …

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  • 114Relief of Newark — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Relief of Newark partof= the English Civil War caption= date= March 21, 1644 place= Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire casus= territory= result= Royalist victory combatant1= Parliamentarians combatant2= Royalists …

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  • 115Relief Through Release — Infobox Album | Name = Relief Through Release Type = Album Artist = Tura Satana Released = 1996 Recorded = Titan Recording Genre = Alternative metal, Nu metal Length = 57.50 Label = Noise Records Producer = Michael Vail Blum Tura Satana Reviews …

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  • 116Relief jurassien — Les différentes formes du relief jurassien Le relief jurassien est un ensemble de formes qui se retrouvent dans les régions sédimentaires où les couches de roches sont fortement redressées ou plissées. L érosion y est particulièrement forte dans… …

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  • 117Relief Danxia — Le relief Danxia (sinogrammes simplifiés : 丹霞地貌 ; hanyu pinyin : dānxiá dìmào ; littéralement relief nuages pourpres ) est le nom donné par les géomorphologues chinois aux paysages de falaises abruptes constituées de roches… …

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  • 118relief — {{11}}relief (1) ease, alleviation, early 14c., from Anglo Fr. relif, from O.Fr. relief assistance, lit. a raising, that which is lifted, from stressed stem of relever (see RELIEVE (Cf. relieve)). Meaning aid to impoverished persons is attested… …

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  • 119relief map — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms relief map : singular relief map plural relief maps a map that shows hills and mountains in a way that makes them easy to see …

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  • 120relief road — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms relief road : singular relief road plural relief roads British a road that takes traffic away from a busy area such as the centre of a city …

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