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The section USS Enterprise-D contains this For a number of years, the wall opposite the windows on the USS Enterprise-D featured an alto-relievo-style display of scale sculptures of six of the Earth vessels previously commissioned as the USS Enterprise as of 2364. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")

First of all, the term is alto-rilievo, not relievo.

Second, the models are not "reliefs" because reliefs mean the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material, which is not the case here. They're merely simplified half-models.

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