English

Noun

halftone ‎(plural halftones)

1. (music) Half the interval between two notes on a scale.
2. (printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
3. (art) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.

Synonyms

• semitone

Translations

Verb

halftone ‎(third-person singular simple present halftones, present participle halftoning, simple past and past participle halftoned)

1. To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.

References

• OED2

Anagrams

• half note