halftone
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half·tone
(hăf′tōn′, häf′-)n.
1. A tone or value halfway between a highlight and a dark shadow.
2.
a. A picture in which the gradations of light are obtained by the relative darkness and density of tiny dots produced by photographing the subject through a fine screen.
b. A picture made by such a process.
3. Music See semitone.
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halftone
(ˈhɑːfˌtəʊn)n
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)
a. a process used to reproduce an illustration by photographing it through a fine screen to break it up into dots
b. the etched plate thus obtained
c. the print obtained from such a plate
2. (Art Terms) art a tonal value midway between highlight and dark shading
3. (Music, other) music US and Canadian another word for semitone
adj
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) relating to, used in, or made by halftone
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half•tone
(ˈhæfˌtoʊn, ˈhɑf-)n.
1. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
2.
a. a printing process in which gradation of tone is obtained by a system of minute dots.
b. the metal plate used in such a process.
c. the print obtained in such a process.
3. semitone.
[1645–55]
half′tone, adj.
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halftone
Any photomechanical printing surface or the impression therefrom in which detail and tone values are represented by a series of evenly spaced dots in varying size and shape, varying in direct proportion to the intensity of the tones they represent. See also halftone screen.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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| Noun | 1. |  halftone - a print obtained from photoengravingengraving - a print made from an engraving |
| 2. |  halftone - an engraving used to reproduce an illustrationengraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved |
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