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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Half tone

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01 n. An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
  1. 1.
    An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.(Fine Arts)
  2. 2.
    A half step.(Music)
  3. 3.
    A print obtained by the half-tone photo-engraving process.
  4. 4.
    the etched plate used to reproduce a half-tone illustration.