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HALFTONE
halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving
(noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration
halftone
(noun) a print obtained from photoengraving
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
halftone (plural halftones)
(music) Half the interval between two notes on a scale.
(printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
(arts) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
Synonyms
• semitone
Verb
halftone (third-person singular simple present halftones, present participle halftoning, simple past and past participle halftoned)
To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.
Anagrams
• half note
Source: Wiktionary
Half tone, or Half"-tone`, n.
1. (Fine Arts) (a) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. (b) A half-tone photo-engraving.
2. (Music) A half step.
Half"-tone`, a.
Definition: Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif. (Photo-engraving),
Definition: pertaining to or designating plates, processes, or the pictures made by them, in which gradation of tone in the photograph is reproduced by a graduated system of dotted and checkered spots, usually nearly invisible to the unaided eye, produced by the interposition between the camera and the object of a screen. The name alludes to the fact that this process was the first that was practically successful in reproducing the half tones of the photograph.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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