- halftones
- n. middle-tone, shade or value between dark and light (Art); technique in which shadows are reproduced as tiny closely spaced dots (Printing); print made using this technique
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Halftones — Полутона; Средние тона … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Alterations in halftones and etchings — Исправления в растровых [автотипных] и штриховых клише … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Dark halftones — Тёмные полутона … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Dense halftones — Насыщенные полутона … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
photoengraving — /foh toh en gray ving/, n. 1. a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing. 2. a plate so produced. 3. a print made from it. [1870 75; PHOTO + ENGRAVING] * * * Any of several processes for producing printing plates … Universalium
Halftone — For the music interval, see semitone. Left: Halftone dots. Right: How the human eye would see this sort of arrangement from a sufficient distance. Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous tone imagery through the use of… … Wikipedia
Continuous tone — A continuous tone image is one where each color at any point in the image is reproduced as a single tone, and not as discrete halftones, such as one single color for monochromatic prints, or a combination of halftones for color prints. The most… … Wikipedia
papermaking — [pā′pər māk΄iŋ] n. the making of paper papermaker n. * * * pa·per·mak·ing (pāʹpər mā kĭng) n. The process or craft of making paper. paʹper·mak er n. * * * Introduction formation of a matted or felted sheet, usually of cellulose fibres,… … Universalium
printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… … Universalium
Display PostScript — (or DPS) is an on screen display system. As the name implies, DPS uses the PostScript (PS) imaging model and language to generate on screen graphics. To the basic PS system, DPS adds a number of features intended to ease working with bitmapped… … Wikipedia
