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HALFTONES
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halftones
plural of halftone
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HALFTONE
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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