- halftone⇄adj. of or used in the process of making half-tone engravings.
- halftone⇄half-tone orhalftone, noun, adjective.
- halftone⇄noun 1a. a process in photoengraving in which gradations of tone in the original painting, drawing, or photograph are reproduced by means of a series of very small dots between fine intersecting blank lines produced by a screen placed in the camera a sho