'Half tone' definitions:
Definition of 'Half tone'
From: GCIDE
- Half tone \Half tone\, or Half-tone \Half"-tone`\, n.
- 1. (Fine Arts) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (Music) A half step. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. A print obtained by the half-tone photo-engraving process. [WordNet sense 1] [PJC]
- 4. the etched plate used to reproduce a half-tone illustration. [WordNet sense 4]
- Syn: halftone engraving, photoengraving. [WordNet 1.5]