halftone

== English == === Alternative forms === half-tone === Etymology === From half- +‎ tone. === Noun === halftone (plural halftones) (music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale. (printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning. (art) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === halftone (third-person singular simple present halftones, present participle halftoning, simple past and past participle halftoned) To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes. === References === OED2 === Anagrams === half note