halftone

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
2. A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
3. An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.

Verb

To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.

Concepts

demi-ton

demi-teinte

demi ton

demiton

semiton

Synonymes

half step

semitone

photoengraving

halftone engraving

half-tone

mezzotint

linecut

gray tone

half tone

midtone

half-tint

Traductions

Halbton

semitono

Rasterdruck

ημιτόνιο

semitonium

semitono

hemitonium

limma

halftoon

halve toon

miei ton

meio-tom

semitom

sombreado

Étymologie (Anglais)

From half- + tone.