half·tone (h f t n , 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. |
halftone [ˈhɑːfˌtəʊn]
n
1. (Communication Arts / 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. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Art a tonal value midway between highlight and dark shading
adj
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) relating to, used in, or made by halftone
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.
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.
halftone - a print obtained from photoengraving
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