half-length
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half-length
adjective
- Half the normal length.
- Of a portrait, sculpture or a photograph, depicting only the upper half of the subject.
noun half-lengths
- Half the length of a horse.
- 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.
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adj (arts) depicting only the upper half of the subject
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@misc{half_length_2026,
title = {half-length},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/half-length},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
