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A print obtained from photoengraving
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halftone
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n. 1 (context music English) half the interval between two notes on a scale. 2 (context printing English) A picture made by using the process of half-toning. 3 (cx arts English) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; ...
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n. a print obtained from photoengraving an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [syn: halftone engraving , photoengraving ]
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Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. "Halftone" can also be used to refer specifically to the image that is produced ...
Usage examples of halftone.
The faint glow from his nearly extinguished fire pot cast the room into halftones of rose and black.
The picture recorded in the receptor was a nuclear portrait in cross section, where sextillions of atoms performed the role of the dots in an ordinary halftone photoengraving.