HALF TONE

  

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HALF TONE

Specialty Definition: HALF TONE

DomainDefinition

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Reproduction by half-tone process. Source: European Union. (references)
 A printed image composed of dots of varying frequency(number per sq. in. ), size or density, producing tonal gradations. The term is also applied to the process, "plates" and ink used to produce this image. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: HALF TONE

Synonyms by domain: half-tone (publishing & graphic arts).

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Synonyms within Context: HALF TONE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Engraving

Illustration, illumination; half tone; photogravure; vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HALF TONE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

half tone

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HALF TONE

Language Translations for "HALF TONE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

halvtoneætsning (half-tone engraving), halvtone (halftone, half-tone), autotypi (autotypy, half-tone engraving). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

halftoon, similigravure (half-tone engraving). (various references)

   

French

  

tramé, similigravure (half-tone engraving), simili (half-tone engraving). (various references)

   

German

  

Rasterdruck, Autotypie (autotypy, half-tone engraving), Auto (auto, automobile, car, motor, motor car, motorcar). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φωτοτσιγκογραφία (half-tone, half-tone engraving), φωτοτυπία που συνίσταται στην παραγωγή ημίχρωμων εικόνων (half-tone engraving), ημιτόνιο μουσικήσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rácsmásolás, rácsfelvétel, féltónus (interval). (various references)

   

Italian

  

autotipia (half-tone engraving). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

半音 , ハーバード大学 (50% beam splitter, half, half coat, half made, half mirror, half size camera, half swing, half volley, halfback, halftime, halfway house, harem, harem pants, harmonica, harmonize, harmony, harp, harpoon, harpsichord, harpy, Harvard University, herb, herb tea, hierarchy, high, high octane gasoline, high quality, high-class, high-end, high-grade, highjack, high-key, high-key tone, high-octane, high-sulfur, highway, highway patrol, hijack, hike, hiker, hiking, hurler derby, hyena, jai-alai, mouth organ, someone of mixed Japanese-foreign race, stylish fellow, three-quarter, top coat, westernized). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ハーフトーン , は"お". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alfhay onetay

   

Portuguese

  

similigravura (half-tone engraving), meio tom (semitone, undertone). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

полутон (half-light, halftone, semitone, undertint, undertone). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

similigrabado (half-tone engraving), fotograbado a media tinta (half-tone engraving). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rastertryck. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HALF TONE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: halftone.

Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-l-n-o-t"

-1 letter: anethol, ethanol.

-2 letters: enhalo, etalon, foetal, folate, fontal, hantle, loathe, thenal, tolane.

-3 letters: aloft, alone, altho, anole, atone, felon, fetal, float, flota, foehn, haole, helot, hotel, laten, lathe, leant, lento, loath, lotah, neath, notal, oaten, often, talon, thane, thole, tolan, tonal.

-4 letters: aeon, alef, aloe, alto, ante, eath, elan, enol, etna, fane, fano, fate.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-h-l-n-o-t"
 

+1 letter: halftones.

 

+4 letters: unfathomable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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