Half-tone

Half-tone
Half-tone Half"-tone` (h[aum]f"t[=o]n`), a. Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif. (Photo-engraving), pertaining to or designating plates, processes, or the pictures made by them, in which gradation of tone in the photograph is reproduced by a graduated system of dotted and checkered spots, usually nearly invisible to the unaided eye, produced by the interposition between the camera and the object of a screen. The name alludes to the fact that this process was the first that was practically successful in reproducing the half tones of the photograph. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • Half tone — Half tone, or Half tone Half tone , n. 1. (Fine Arts) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Music) A half step. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Half-tone — Half tone, or Half tone Half tone , n. 1. (Fine Arts) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Music) A half step. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • half-tone — halfˈ tone adjective Representing light and shade photographically by dots of different sizes noun 1. A half tone illustration 2. A semitone (music) • • • Main Entry: ↑half …   Useful english dictionary

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