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• Relief — Re*lief (r? l?f ), n. [OE. relef, F. relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See {Relieve}, and cf. {Basrelief}, {Rilievi}.] 1. The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Relief valve — Relief Re*lief (r? l?f ), n. [OE. relef, F. relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See {Relieve}, and cf. {Basrelief}, {Rilievi}.] 1. The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• relief map — ► NOUN 1) a map indicating hills and valleys by shading rather than by contour lines alone. 2) a map model with elevations and depressions representing hills and valleys …   English terms dictionary

• relief — n. 1 a the alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, etc. b the feeling accompanying such deliverance. 2 a feature etc. that diversifies monotony or relaxes tension. 3 assistance (esp. financial) given to those in special need… …   Useful english dictionary

• relief — noun 1》 the alleviation or removal of pain, anxiety, or distress.     ↘a feeling or cause of relief.     ↘(usu. light relief) a temporary break in a generally tense or tedious situation. 2》 financial or practical assistance given to those in… …   English new terms dictionary

• relief — Inequalities of evaluation and the configuration of land features on the surface of the Earth which may be represented on maps or charts by contours, hypsometric tints, shading, or spot elevations …   Military dictionary

• relief map — map that shows the various heights of land forms using color shading and lines …   English contemporary dictionary

• relief map — A three dimensional map in which valleys and mountains are formed with colors and shading to look as they actually look …   Aviation dictionary

• relief — The layout of the ground in terms of height, features represented on the map by contours, layer tints, spot heights, and shading …   Aviation dictionary

• relief map — noun 1》 a map indicating hills and valleys by shading rather than by contour lines alone. 2》 a map model with elevations and depressions representing hills and valleys …   English new terms dictionary

• Cartographic relief depiction — Terrain or relief is an essential aspect of physical geography, and as such its portrayal presents a central problem in cartography, and more recently GIS and 3D Visualization.The most obvious way to depict relief is to imitate it at scale, as in …   Wikipedia