Part 354

<h1>Alto</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al"to</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Altos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It. <ets>alto</ets> high, fr. L. <ets>altus</ets>. Cf. <er>Alt</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In <i>instrumental</i> music it now signifies the tenor.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An alto singer.</def>

<cs><col>Alto clef</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <cd>the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff.</cd>

<i>Moore.</i> </cs>

<h1>Altogether</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al`to*geth"er</hw> <tt>(#)</fld></tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>altogedere</ets>; <ets>al</ets> all + <ets>togedere</ets> together. See <er>Together</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>All together; conjointly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Altogether</b> they wen<?/ at once. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without exception; wholly; completely.</def>

<blockquote>Every man at his best state is <b>altogether</b> vanity. <i>Ps. xxxix. 5.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Altometer</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al*tom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>altus</ets> high + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>A theodolite.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Alto-relievo</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al"to-re*lie"vo</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Alto-rilievo.</def>

<h1>Alto-rilievo</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al"to-ri*lie*vo</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Alto-rilievos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Sculp.)</fld> <def>High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; <as>as, this figure is an <ex>alto-rilievo</ex> or in <ex>alto-rilievo</ex></as>.</def>

<note>&hand; When the figure stands only half out, it is called <i>mezzo-rilievo</i>, <i>demi-rilievo</i>, or medium relief; when its projection is less than one half, <i>basso-rilievo</i>, <i>bas-relief</i>, or low relief.</note>

<h1>Altrical</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al"tri*cal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like the articles.</def>

<h1>Altrices</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al*tri"ces</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., nourishes, pl. of <ets>altrix</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to <i>pr\'91coces</i>.</def>

<h1>Altruism</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al"tru*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>altruisme</ets> (a word of Comte's), It. <ets>altrui</ets> of or to others, fr. L. <ets>alter</ets> another.]</ety> <def>Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to <i>egoism</i> or <i>selfishness</i>.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

<i>J. S. Mill.</i>

<h1>Altruist</h1> <Xpage=45>

<hw>Al"tru*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to <i>egoist</i>.</def>

<h1>Altruistic</h1> <Xpage=45>