halftone

About 0.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
2. noun A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
3. noun An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
4. verb To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.

Similar words

photoengraving halftone engraving silhouette vignette half-tone half tone quarter tone semitone quarter-tone quartertone

Often followed by

screen dots screens dot illustrations process reproduction image and

Word family

halftones