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Definition of halftone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

halftone

noun
 
/ˈhɑːftəʊn/
 
/ˈhæftəʊn/
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  1. (specialist) a print of a black and white photograph in which the different shades of grey are produced from black dots (= small round marks) of different sizes
  2. (also half step)
    (North American English)
    (British English semitone)
    (music) half a tone on a musical scale, for example the interval between C and C♯ or between E and F

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