Half-tone
half-tone (?), 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.
half tone , or Half-tone ,n. 1. (Fine Arts)
(a) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting,
engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very
light. (b) A half-tone photo-
engraving.
2. (Music) A half step.
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