The Collaborative International Dictionary
Half tone
Half tone \Half tone\, or Half-tone \Half"-tone`\, n.
(Fine Arts) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
(Music) A half step.
A print obtained by the half-tone photo-engraving process.
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the etched plate used to reproduce a half-tone illustration. [WordNet sense 4]
Syn: halftone engraving, photoengraving.
Usage examples of "half tone".
His spiky crew cut was a deep brown shade one half tone lighter than Petra’.
One eyebrow twitched as the half tone sounded and the corresponding digits appeared on the display.