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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALT or AL'TO, a. [L. altus, high; Heb. upper, high.]
In music a term applied to high notes in the scale. In sculpture, alto-relievo, high relief, is when the figures project half or more, without being entirely detached from the ground.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) [syn: elevation, EL, altitude, ALT]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation 1. alternate 2. altitude 3. alto

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alt Alt, a. & n. [See Alto.] (Mus.) The higher part of the scale. See Alto. To be in alt, to be in an exalted state of mind.