halftone
English edit
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
halftone (plural halftones)
- (music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
- (printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
- (art) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
Translations edit
semitone — see semitone
picture made by half-toning
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Verb edit
halftone (third-person singular simple present halftones, present participle halftoning, simple past and past participle halftoned)
- To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.
References edit
- OED2