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Meaning of "halftone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALFTONE

halftone  [ˈhɑːfˌtəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALFTONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Halftone can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HALFTONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

halftone

Halftone

Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size, in shape or in spacing, thus generating a gradient like effect. "Halftone" can also be used to refer specifically to the image that is produced by this process. Where continuous tone imagery contains an infinite range of colors or greys, the halftone process reduces visual reproductions to an image that is printed with only one color of ink, in dots of differing size. This reproduction relies on a basic optical illusion—that these tiny halftone dots are blended into smooth tones by the human eye. At a microscopic level, developed black-and-white photographic film also consists of only two colors, and not an infinite range of continuous tones. For details, see film grain. Just as color photography evolved with the addition of filters and film layers, color printing is made possible by repeating the halftone process for each subtractive color—most commonly using what is called the "CMYK color model". The semi-opaque property of ink allows halftone dots of different colors to create another optical effect—full-color imagery.

Definition of halftone in the English dictionary

The first definition of halftone in the dictionary is a process used to reproduce an illustration by photographing it through a fine screen to break it up into dots. Other definition of halftone is the etched plate thus obtained. Halftone is also the print obtained from such a plate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALFTONE


acetone
ˈæsɪˌtəʊn
baritone
ˈbærɪˌtəʊn
baryton
ˈbærɪˌtəʊn
barytone
ˈbærɪˌtəʊn
bass-baritone
ˌbeɪsˈbærɪˌtəʊn
duotone
ˈdjuːəˌtəʊn
ecotone
ˈiːkəˌtəʊn
goldtone
ˈɡəʊldˌtəʊn
isotone
ˈaɪsəˌtəʊn
monotone
ˈmɒnəˌtəʊn
Movietone
ˈmuːvɪˌtəʊn
multitone
ˈmʌltɪˌtəʊn
orthotone
ˈɔːθəʊˌtəʊn
overtone
ˈəʊvəˌtəʊn
ringtone
ˈrɪŋˌtəʊn
semitone
ˈsɛmɪˌtəʊn
subtone
ˈsʌbˌtəʊn
tritone
ˈtraɪˌtəʊn
undertone
ˈʌndəˌtəʊn
woodtone
ˈwʊdˌtəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALFTONE

half-yearly
halfa
halfback
halfbeak
halfen
halfendeale
halfling
halfness
halfpence
halfpennies
halfpenny
halfpennyworth
halfway
halfway hostel
halfway house
halfway line
halfwit
halfwitted
halfwittedly
halfwittedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALFTONE

Blackstone
cornerstone
Crotone
firestone
gemstone
Gladstone
hearthstone
keystone
kill two birds with one stone
limestone
Livingstone
milestone
rhinestone
rolling stone
sandstone
stepping stone
stone
tone
two-tone
Yellowstone

Synonyms and antonyms of halftone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «halftone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALFTONE

Find out the translation of halftone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of halftone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «halftone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半色调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medios tonos
570 millions of speakers

English

halftone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आंशिक रंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصفية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полутонов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meio-tom
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

halftone
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi-teinte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Halftone
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halbton
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーフトーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하프 톤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Halftone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nưa âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Halftone
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॅफटोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarım ton
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezzitoni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

półtonów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

півтонів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semiton
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενδιάμεσων τόνων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

raster
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvton
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halftone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of halftone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALFTONE»

The term «halftone» is regularly used and occupies the 69.865 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALFTONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about halftone

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALFTONE»

Discover the use of halftone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to halftone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Digital Color Halftoning
Part of the SPIE/IEEE Series on Imaging Science and Engineering.
Henry R. Kang, 1999
2
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book
To specify the halftone screen when you print an image, use the Screen option in the Print dialog box. The results of using a halftone screen appear only in the printed copy; you cannot see the halftone screen on your computer screen.
Adobe Creative Team, 2010
3
Handbook of Print Media: Technologies and Production Methods
According to studies (see also [3.1-10]), a halftone positive produced with a distance screen shows a progressive increase the higher the density values are. If a halftone positive (image areas dark) with the correct tone values is reproduced as ...
Helmut Kipphan, 2001
4
Computer Graphics Techniques: Theory and Practice
Halftone patterns are defined by the spacing of the dots measured in lines per inch (lines/inch), called screen frequency, and the percentage area covered by ink in the resulting patterns, called dot area. The dot spacing defines the sharpness ...
David F. Rogers, Rae A. Earnshaw, 1990
5
The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 4
Halftones are printed images that are composed of halftone screens. Halftone screens are composed of two types of ink dots: printer dots (also known as printer elements and dpi) and halftone dots (known as screening frequency and lpi, ...
Richard Lynch, 2006
6
The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
1 inch 24 dpi printer Traditional halftone dots Digital halftone spots Four dots per halftone cell nnnBnnnBannBannnaanaann DnoBannBanDBannBannaannaanniiaanannc I |M| I | !•!! 1 6 dots per halftone cell Figure 13-1. Digital printer halftone ...
Elaine R. S. Hodges, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (U.S.), 2003
7
Digital Color Imaging Handbook
An assumed step is the linearization of the halftone screens. • The Þnal step is the color correction. This is actually a color transformation, not a correction. This step takes the RGB or L*a*b* image data into the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ...
Gaurav Sharma, Raja Bala, 2002
8
Handbook of Image and Video Processing
The above modification of the void and cluster algorithm guarantees that the selection of the secret information pixels A and B is independent of the value of any secret information pixel in the previous halftone cells. Thus, no secret can be  ...
Alan C. Bovik, 2010
9
Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks Bible
Halftone resolution Printing an image on paper with a printing press presents a unique set of problems. How does a machine such as a printer portray variations in color and tone? It needs a method that will produce color and tonal range ...
Stephen Romaniello, 2007
10
LIFE
All edrly halftone, this appeared in the New York Graphic in 1880. Lines of the screen run only up and down. This method lost detail, was superseded by Ives' crosslined screen. Last May 27, Frederick Eugene Ives died in Philadelphia. In 1886 ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALFTONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term halftone is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ink Kitchen: Sweet Music
... this one was fairly simple: a mix of standard and soft plastisol inks, 225–350 mesh, a light distressing added, and of course our signature 85 line halftone. «Advertising Specialty Institute, Jul 15»
2
Buyer's Guide: Discounts on iMac, Retina MacBook Pro, Apple …
Photo editing app Halftone 2 was named Apple's App of the Week, so it will be free to download until next Thursday when a new app is picked. «Mac Rumors, Jun 15»
3
Facebook Moments is our favorite free app of the week
Halftone 2 – Speaking of pictures, this app allows you to collect a bunch of pictures together in a comicbook-style layout. It will also let you add ... «TechnologyTell, Jun 15»
4
Today's apps gone free: Bowling Central, Little Builders, Halftone 2 …
Go bowling in your living room, explore a construction site, and turn your photos into vintage comics with today's collection of apps and games. «AppAdvice, Jun 15»
5
10 Awesome Paid iPhone Apps On Sale for Free for a Limited Time
Halftone 2 makes it easy to create comic and scrap books with your images. Choose a page layout, apply photo filters, position captions, add ... «BGR, Jun 15»
6
The Fiction #1
... the sky a cozy, nostalgic air in the first flashback, especially in the Max's flashback, which is shaded by halftone-dots like an old comic strip. «Comic Book Resources, Jun 15»
7
Stunningly realistic, full color 3D prints made possible by Fraunhofer …
Known as an 'error diffusing halftone' approach, the technique actually utilizes some of the principles used in 2D color printing, such as ... «3ders.org, Jun 15»
8
Fujifilm's Prime Label Tech Summit Engages Attendees at Chicago …
The FLENEX FW water-washable plate system also drew attention, and is able to form flat-top dots, and reproduce 200lpi with halftone dots ... «American Printer Magazine, Jun 15»
9
FUJIFILM's Prime Label Tech Summit engages attendees at …
The FLENEX FW water-washable plate system also drew attention, and is able to form flat-top dots, and reproduce 200lpi with halftone dots ... «WorldPressOnline, Jun 15»
10
Worldwide launch of new ThermoFlexX 60 imager
... allowing the production of halftone screens of 250 lpi, which is suitable for intricate, high quality work. The ThermoFlexX 60 will automatically ... «Graphic Repro, Jun 15»

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