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Etymology

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From relief +‎ -like.

Adjective

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relieflike (comparative more relieflike, superlative most relieflike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of relief (the difference of elevations on a surface).
    • 1998, Daniel V. Lim, Microbiology:
      When two beams reconverge with the assistance of prisms, the phase difference between the two beams provides relieflike, high-contrast images of the specimen.