Mezzo-rilievo \Mez"zo-ri*lie"vo\, n. [It.] (a) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief. (b) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under {Alto-rilievo}.
mezzo-rilievo n : a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief [syn: {mezzo-relievo}, {half-relief}]