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May 26, 2012
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half-length



Pronunciation: (haf'lengkth", -length", -lenth", häf'-), [key]
—n.
something that is only half a full length or height, esp. a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.

—adj.
of half the complete length or height.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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