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halftone

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++half·tone /ˌhɑːfˈtəʊn◂ $ ˈhæftoʊn/ noun  1. [uncountable]TCN a method of printing black and white photographs that shows different shades of grey by changing the number of black dots in an area of the photograph 网目凸版制版法2. [countable]TCP a photograph printed by this method 网目凸版印刷的照片
Examples from the Corpus
halftoneLinen tester a magnifying glass designed for checking the dot image of a halftone.This driver has a host of other very useful features, including things like resolution control and halftone angles.Base artwork artwork requiring additional components such as halftones or line drawings to be added before the reproduction stage.Frequently used in discussions about scanners as a measure of their ability to capture halftone images.Third, avoid bitmapped graphics generally and scanned halftones in particular.The scanner manufacturers use lots of clever software to simulate halftones by a process called dithering.There were also problems with halftone screens but anyone expecting decent halftones at 300 or even 600dpi is on a loser anyway.
half·tone nounChineseSyllable
and of a black Corpus printing method


halftone
halftone /ˌhɑːfˈtəʊn◂ $ ˈhæftoʊn/ noun
1. [uncountable] a method of printing black and white photographs that shows different shades of grey by changing the number of black dots in an area of the photograph
2. [countable] a photograph printed by this method


half·toneBrE /ˈhɑːftəʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhæftoʊn/ 🔊 noun(specialist) a print of a black and white photograph in which the different shades of grey are produced from small and large black dots 网目(凸)版;网版画(NAmE, music 音乐) = half step