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relieflike

relieflike adjective: resembling or characteristic of relief (the difference of elevations on a surface).

Adjective

relieflike (comparative more relieflike, superlative most relieflike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of relief (the difference of elevations on a surface).
    • When two beams reconverge with the assistance of prisms, the phase difference between the two beams provides relieflike, high-contrast images of the specimen.1998, Daniel V. Lim, Microbiology

Forms of relieflike

comparativemore relieflike
superlativemost relieflike

Origin of relieflike

From relief + -like.

Questions about relieflike

What does relieflike mean?
Relieflike means resembling or characteristic of relief (the difference of elevations on a surface).
What part of speech is relieflike?
Relieflike is an adjective.

Words near relieflike in the dictionary

  1. reliefe
  2. reliefer
  3. reliefers
  4. reliefful
  5. reliefless
  6. relieflike
  7. reliefs
  8. relier
  9. reliers
  10. relies
  11. relies on

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