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Definition of Halftone
1. Noun. A print obtained from photoengraving.
2. Noun. An engraving used to reproduce an illustration.
Definition of Halftone
1. a. Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones;
Definition of Halftone
1. Noun. (music) Half the interval between two notes on a scale. ¹
2. Noun. (printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning. ¹
3. Verb. To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halftone
1. a shade between light and dark [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halftone
Literary usage of Halftone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri (1920)
"Three or more color halftones—Same as definition of two- color halftone, ...
Three-color process halftone plates—Printing plates etched on copper produced ..."
2. The Author's Desk Book: Being a Reference Volume Upon Questions of the by William Dana Orcutt (1914)
"A halftone to produce which the screen negative is made by direct exposure ...
A halftone plate in which the elimination of the dots in the highlights is ..."
3. How to Compile a Catalog by Guy George Wasson (1915)
"halftone, Square Plate—A halftone in which the outside edges are rectangular amd
... halftone, Outlined—A halftone with the background outside of the object ..."
4. The Printer's Dictionary of Technical Terms: A Handbook of Definations and by Alexander A. Stewart (1912)
"... halftone engraving of a clay modeled design. The copy for an engraving of this
style may be modeled or carved, or it may be drawn or painted flat so as ..."
5. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"If a halftone is examined with a magnifying glass it will be seen to be a mass
... The greater the number of lines the finer will be the resulting halftone. ..."
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