<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called middle-tone.</li><li>(In painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.</li><li>Printing: a process in which gradation of tone in an image is conveyed by first photographing the image through a screen to break up the continuous tones of the image into minute, closely spaced dots, then using the print obtained to produce a metal plate by photoengraving, and finally using the plate to reproduce the original image by letterpress or offset printing.</li><li>The metal plate used in such a process.</li><li>The print obtained in such a process.</li><li>Compare line cut.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Pertaining to, using, used in, or produced by the halftone process: a halftone screen; a halftone print.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>