halftone

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

half step

semitone

photoengraving

halftone engraving

half-tone

mezzotint

linecut

gray tone

half tone

midtone

half-tint

Translations

Halbton

demi-teinte

demi-ton

Rasterdruck

semitono

ημιτόνιο

semitono

semitonium

semiton

demiton

demi ton

Nuance

mezzatinta

fotogravat

Etymology

From half- + tone.