"halftone" meaning in All languages combined

See halftone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: halftones [plural]
Etymology: half- + tone Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|tone}} half- + tone Head templates: {{en-noun}} halftone (plural halftones)
  1. (music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: semitone [synonym, synonym-of], half the interval between two notes on a scale [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-halftone-en-noun-hC2vY1tR Categories (other): English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 34 15 34 17 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning. Categories (topical): Printing Translations (picture made by half-toning): půltón [masculine] (Czech), rasterikuva (Finnish), rasterivedos (Finnish), Rasterdruck [masculine] (German), meio-tom [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-halftone-en-noun-aOllfohh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 34 15 34 17 Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'picture made by half-toning': 4 73 23
  3. (art) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-halftone-en-noun-rizw3pAs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 23 62 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 34 15 34 17 Topics: art, arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-tone

Verb [English]

Forms: halftones [present, singular, third-person], halftoning [participle, present], halftoned [participle, past], halftoned [past]
Etymology: half- + tone Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|tone}} half- + tone Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-halftone-en-verb-WUy0ReLZ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 34 15 34 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-tone

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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