Halftone

Definitions: Halftone

Halftone

Noun

1. A print obtained from photoengraving.

2. An engraving used to reproduce an illustration.

Specialty Definitions: Halftone

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Halftone The reproducion of greyscale images using dots of a single shade but varying size to simulate the different shades of grey. Laser printers that cannot print different sized dots, halftones are produced by varying the numbers of dots in a given area. This process is also used to produce a black and white version of a colour original using shades of grey in place of colours. See also device independent bitmap. (1996-09-20). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Military	Any photomechanical printing surface or the impression therefrom in which detail and tone values are represented by a series of evenly spaced dots in varying size and shape, varying in direct proportion to the intensity of the tones they represent. See also halftone screen. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Halftone

Synonyms: halftone engraving (n), photoengraving (n). (additional references)

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

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Crosswords: Halftone

English words defined with "halftone": coated ♦ gravure ♦ halftone engraving, heliogravure ♦ photogravure, process printing. (references)

Specialty definitions using "halftone": book stripper ♦ color corrector, contact-frame operator ♦ dash screen, DOT ETCHER ♦ engraving photographer ♦ FILM FLAT INSPECTOR ♦ Half-tone, halftone screen ♦ imaging model ♦ letterpress printing, lithographer retoucher, lithographic-camera operator ♦ PHOTOENGRAVING FINISHER, PHOTOENGRAVING PRINTER, PHOTOGRAPHER, LITHOGRAPHIC, PHOTOGRAPHER, PHOTOENGRAVING, photolithographic process worker, PLATE FINISHER, plate finisher, photoengraving, process artist, process-camera operator, proof-plate maker ♦ stripper and printer, stripper, black and white, STRIPPER, LITHOGRAPHIC II, stripper-opaquer ♦ tone artist, typographical printing. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Halftone

Domain	Title
Books	Halftone Effects (reference) Halftone Effects/a Complete Visual Guide to Enhancing and Transforming Halftone Images (reference) Halftone methods for the graphic arts (reference) Halftone Photography Instructor Guide (reference) Image formation in halftone photography (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Halftone

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Usage Frequency: Halftone

"Halftone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Halftone" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	88.89%	8	124,375
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Halftone

Expressions using "halftone": halftone engraving ♦ halftone picture ♦ halftone screen. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Halftone

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
halftone	15
halftone scanning	3
halftone screen	2
halftone photo shop	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Halftone

Language		Translations for "halftone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përgatitje klishesh, me gjysmëton, klishe (block, cliché, cut, phototype, print, stencil, stereotype), gjysmëton (semitone). (various references)

Bulgarian		фотогравюра, полутон (semitone, undertint, undertone). (various references)

Chinese		中间影调. (various references)

Czech		polotón, pùltón (semitone). (various references)

Danish		halvtone (half tone, half-tone). (various references)

Dutch		tussentint. (various references)

French		demi-teint. (various references)

German		Halbton (half-tone, semi-bold, semitone). (various references)

Italian		mezza-tinta (half-tone). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		網目 (mesh). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		あみめ (mesh, stitch). (various references)

Korean		망판. (various references)

Pig Latin		alftonehay.(various references)

Portuguese		meiatinta. (various references)

Russian		автотипия (autotype), полутоновой, полутон (half tone, half-light, semitone, undertint, undertone). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		polutonski, poluton (half note, semitone). (various references)

Spanish		mediatinta. (various references)

Swedish		autotypi (autotype, autotypy). (various references)

Turkish		yarım ton (semitone). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Halftone

Derivations
	Words beginning with "halftone": halftones. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Halftone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hafton, halfnote, Shalstone. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Halftone"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "halftone" (pronounced ha"ftō'n)
3	-t ō' n	acetone, baritone, bloodstone, Bluestone, brownstone, capstone, cherrystone, cobblestone, cornerstone, curbstone, Eyestone, Firestone, flagstone, Freestone, gallstone, gemstone, Gladstone, Goldstone, gravestone, greenstone, grindstone, hailstone, headstone, keystone, limestone, lodestone, milestone, millstone, monotone, moonstone, overtone, rhinestone, sandstone, steppingstone, tombstone, touchstone, undertone, whetstone.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Halftone

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	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, feal, feat, felt, feta, flan, flat, flea, floe, foal, fohn, font, haen, haet, haft, hale, half, halo, halt, hant, hate, heal, heat, heft, helo, hent, hole, holt, hone, lane, late, lath, leaf, lean, left, leno, lent, loaf, loan, loft, lone, lota, loth, neat, noel, nota, note, oath, olea, tael, tale, teal, tela, thae, than, then, toea, tola, tole, tone.
	-5 letters: aft, ale, alt, ane, ant, ate, eat, eft, elf, eon, eta, eth, fan, fat, feh, fen, fet, foe, foh, fon, hae, hao, hat, hen, het, hoe, hon, hot, lat, lea, let, lot, nae, nah, net, noh, not, nth, oaf, oat, oft, ole, one, tae, tan, tao, tea, tel, ten, the, tho, toe, ton.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-h-l-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: halftones.
	+4 letters: unfathomable.
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