HALFTONE

halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving

(noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration

halftone

(noun) a print obtained from photoengraving

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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