Australian English Meaning of half tone
Halftone
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Definitions and Meaning of half tone in English
half tone (n.)
Alt. of Half-tone
An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
A half-tone photo-engraving.
A half step.
half tone (a.)
Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones;
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.
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Halftone
Alt. of Half-tone, An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light., A half-tone phot
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half title => Half title, half step => semitone, half sole => half sole, half snipe => half snipe, half sister => half-sister,
