different between semitone vs halftone

semitone

English

Etymology

semi- +? tone

Noun

semitone (plural semitones)

  1. (music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
  2. (music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

Synonyms

  • half step
  • halftone

Translations

See also

  • cent

Anagrams

  • meneitos, monetise, one-times

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halftone

English

Etymology

half- +? tone

Noun

halftone (plural halftones)

  1. (music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
  2. (printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
  3. (art) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.

Translations

Verb

halftone (third-person singular simple present halftones, present participle halftoning, simple past and past participle halftoned)

  1. To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.

References

  • OED2

Anagrams

  • half note

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