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halftone

/haf-tohn, hahf-/US // ˈhæfˌtoʊn, ˈhɑf- //UK // (ˈhɑːfˌtəʊn) //

半色调,半调子,半影,半色调的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called middle-tone. a value intermediate between light and dark.
    • : Printing. a process in which gradation of tone in an image is conveyed by first photographing the image through a screen to break up the continuous tones of the image into minute, closely spaced dots, then using the print obtained to produce a metal plate by photoengraving, and finally using the plate to reproduce the original image by letterpress or offset printing.the metal plate used in such a process.the print obtained in such a process.Compare line cut.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, using, used in, or produced by the halftone process: a halftone screen; a halftone print.

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Examples

  • In both cases, negatives are made of both the halftone and fine copies.

  • Well, he looked like a halftone print of the Pilgrim Fathers––the kind that they hang on the walls in the district schools.

  • She also took a halftone snapshot of you out at the Coldtown dam, cut from a newspaper, published the Sunday after your accident.

  • The process of halftone-making has developed so that the reproduction can be made almost indistinguishable from the original.

  • This enables the engraver to make a clearer halftone, for a print with a grained surface reproduces surface and all in the cut.