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halftone engraving

halftone engraving

9.6
A printed picture made of small dots that show light and dark
  • noun
  • /ˈhæfˌtoʊn ɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : grabado en semitono
  • The magazine featured a detailed halftone engraving to illustrate the new invention.

Examples

  • Many old books relied on halftone engravings to reproduce works of art.

  • He specialized in creating halftone engravings for scientific journals.

  • The artist created a stunning halftone engraving for the magazine.

  • Have you seen the halftone engravings in the gallery?

  • Many old books relied on halftone engravings to reproduce works of art.

  • The magazine featured a detailed halftone engraving to illustrate the new invention.

  • He specialized in creating halftone engravings for scientific journals.

Synonyms

engraving
vshalftone engraving
25 4.1

A picture made by cutting or etching a hard surface

is a plate process that breaks images into varied dot sizes for tones
halftone
vshalftone engraving
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A printed image made of small dots that show shades like a photo

is a plate-based reproduction that applies that dot method
photoengraving
vshalftone engraving
  • Archaic
8.4

A metal plate made using a photograph to print clear pictures

is made on a plate using small dots to simulate tones
line engraving
vshalftone engraving
  • Specialized
7.6

A picture made by cutting lines into metal and then printing it

uses dots of different sizes to represent continuous tones rather than lines

Surface Forms

halftone engraving singular
halftone engravings plural

Morphology

halftone + engraving

The compound's meaning is directly compositional: an engraving produced using the halftone (dot-based) printing method, since 'halftone' names the printing technique and 'engraving' names the type of print. Although somewhat technical, the noun+noun combination follows normal English compounding patterns, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Halftone engraving comes from a printing trick where a picture was turned into many tiny dots of different size and space. From far away those dots form light and dark areas, so the phrase means an engraving made of small halftone dots to copy different 'tones'.