Definition of "halftone" in англійська

noun

1. (music) Synonym of semitone, 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.

verb

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