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Webster 1913 Edition

Alt

Alt

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Alt

ALT

or AL'TO,
Adj.
[L. 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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