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half-length en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Half the normal length.
2. (not-comparable) Of a portrait, sculpture or a photograph, depicting only the upper half of the subject.

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Translations (6)

fr en buste ((arts) depicting only the upper half of the subject) · fi puolipitkä (half the normal length) · fi puolivartalo- ((arts) depicting only the upper half of the subject) · pl pokazujący połowę ciała ((arts) depicting only the upper half of the subject) · pl pół długości (half the normal length) · fi puolipituinen (half the normal length)

half-length en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Half the length of a horse.
2. A portrait or photograph that depicts only the upper half of the subject.
   • His portrait, a half-length painted by Howard, was engraved by Vertue, and re-engraved for the Bibliographical Decameron. 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 97:

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