Definition of Halftone engraving

1. Noun. An engraving used to reproduce an illustration.

Exact synonyms: Halftone, Photoengraving
Generic synonyms: Engraving

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halftone Engraving

halfpipes
halfplanar
halfplane
halfplanes
halfs
halfsies
halfsister
halfsisters
halfspace
halfspaces
halfstaff
halftimbered
halftime
halftimes
halftone
halftone engraving (current term)
halftoned
halftones
halftoning
halftrack
halftracks
halfwave
halfwaves
halfway
halfway decent
halfway house
halfway houses
halfwidth
halfwidths
halfwit

Literary usage of Halftone engraving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 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 ..."

2. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"... Donn Dills 9 3511 The great в 2391 of 1879, The в 2861 of 1845, The » xl Year, The (halftone engraving) .WILDE .... 9 3575 Fand, Epilogue to ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Von Egloffstein has been called " The Father of halftone engraving" in the United States, for the reason that he was the first one to employ ruled glass ..."

4. Bulletin by School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri (1920)
"... of halftone engraving. The halftone negative, like the line negative, must be reversed before being used to transfer the image to the sensitized metal. ..."

5. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1896)
"halftone engraving from a Photograph by Louis F. JANSEN, Buffalo, NY May.—Evening on the Lagune. Gravure Print from a Negative by H. KUHN. Costume Portrait. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... for many purposes, and may eventually supersede it, as halftone engraving has already superseded wood engraving. Four-Color (or Quadricolor) Printing. ..."

7. The Author's Desk Book: Being a Reference Volume Upon Questions of the by William Dana Orcutt (1914)
"Technically, however, " photo-intaglio " means a halftone engraving, the design of which is etched into the plate, leaving the ground (ie, the whites) of ..."

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