Relief (disambiguation)
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- Relief comes from a Latin root meaning "to lift away" or to "raise", and generally refers to the removal of fears, symptoms, dangers or burdens, or the giving of aid for this purpose. See Analgesic (painkiller), Medication, Humanitarian aid.
- Relief is an art technique in sculpture.
- Relief print is a family of art techniques in printmaking, including woodcut.
- In geography, relief or terrain denotes the third dimension or elevation of landforms. A relief map shows such three-dimensionality instead of political boundaries, and the relief ratio is a measure of the slope of a river.
- In cartography, several different techniques may be used to represent terrain, including shaded relief and contour lines. Raised-relief maps are themselves three-dimensional.
- In the former common law of England, reliefs were payments payable to the lord of a certain tract of real property when the holder of the fiefdom died and the land descended to his heirs.
- In manufacturing processes, relief refers to raised or imprinted markings on cast or moulded parts. This is often used in plastic moulding to create touch sensitive markings for blind users, or markings that are more durable than printed inks or adhesive labels.
- A relief fund is a fund set up to give aid to a cause, such as hunger, homelessness, etc.
- In baseball, a relief pitcher is a pitcher who is brought into a game in progress, thus "relieving" the starting pitcher.
- Relief, Inc. is a small company that manufactures Golden Creme, a pain relief rub.
- In music, relief (also called profile) refers to the curvature of the neck of a guitar or similar instrument.
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