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A musical wind instrument, known also by its French name of the ba on quinte. It is similar in character to the ba oon or fagotto, and has a compa of the same extent, but five notes higher in pitch. [BASSOON.] alto-rilievo, or alto-relievo, s. [Ital. alto rilievo; alto = high, and rilievo = relief.] SCULPTURE IN ALTO-RILIEVO. Sculptured work of which the figures project more than half their true proportions, as shown in the illustration. When they project just one-half, the term used is Mezzo relievo; and when le than half, Ba o - relievo , or in English, Bas - relief . (Glo ary of Arch ., 5th ed.) [BAS-RELIEF.]