halftone

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Synonyms: half tone, half-tone, half-one, hailstone, alfione, halftime, halazone, halton, halcyone, half-done, half done

Antonyms: half tone, half-tone, half-one, hailstone, alfione, halftime, halazone, halton, halcyone, half-done, half done

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|music}} {{synonym of|en|semitone}}, [[half]] the [[interval]] between two [[notes]] on a [[scale]].
2. {{lb|en|printing}} A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
3. {{lb|en|arts}} An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.

Verb

1. To [[reproduce]] a [[photograph]] or other [[continuous]] [[tone]] image by the use of [[dot]]s of various sizes.

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