halftone
Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
Printing.
a process in which gradation of tone in an image is conveyed by first photographing the image through a screen to break up the continuous tones of the image into minute, closely spaced dots, then using the print obtained to produce a metal plate by photoengraving, and finally using the plate to reproduce the original image by letterpress or offset printing.
the metal plate used in such a process.
the print obtained in such a process.: Compare line cut.
pertaining to, using, used in, or produced by the halftone process: a halftone screen; a halftone print.
Origin of halftone
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How to use halftone in a sentence
The story of the fire was certainly not complete, but it was at least coherent, and three of our halftones adorned Page 1.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn his left overcoat pocket was the front-page logotype of the paper, and in his left pocket were 10 or 12 halftones.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn return we lent the hospitable Post our halftones, and they adorned its first city edition next morning.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYes; I have done retouching of photographs for halftones; yes.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHis definite features were easy material for the caricaturist, who does not deal in halftones.
The Last Shot | Frederick Palmer
Many of the subjects treated are illustrated by halftones and line engravings throughout the text.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns | Roger Thompson FinlayThese prints are called halftones: the pen and ink drawings in the texts are called zinc etchings.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 | Charles Herbert SylvesterPhoto-engravings, broadly speaking, are divided into two classes—line engravings and halftones.
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British Dictionary definitions for halftone
/ (ˈhɑːfˌtəʊn) /
a process used to reproduce an illustration by photographing it through a fine screen to break it up into dots
the etched plate thus obtained
the print obtained from such a plate
art a tonal value midway between highlight and dark shading
music, US and Canadian another word for semitone
relating to, used in, or made by halftone
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