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alt (alt)

adjective

Music high in pitch

Etymology: It alto < L altus, high: see altitude

noun

  1. the first octave above the treble staff
  2. a tone in this octave
alt2 definition

alt

  1. alteration
  2. alternate
  3. alternative
  4. alternator
  5. altitude
  6. alto

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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