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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: halftone /ˈhɑːfˌtəʊn/ n - a process used to reproduce an illustration by photographing it through a fine screen to break it up into dots
- the print obtained from such a plate
- US Canadian
another word for semitone
half′ tone′, [Music.]- Music and Dancesemitone.
half•tone (haf′tōn′, häf′-),USA pronunciation n. - Photography, Fine ArtAlso called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- Printing, Fine Art
- Printinga 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.
- Printingthe metal plate used in such a process.
- Printingthe print obtained in such a process. Cf. line cut.
adj. - Photography, Fine Artpertaining to, using, used in, or produced by the halftone process:a halftone screen; a halftone print.
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