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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale..
That animals utter musical notes is familiar to every one, as we may daily hear in the singing of birds. It is a more remarkable fact that an ape, one of the Gibbons, produces an exact octave of musical sounds, ascending and descending the scale by half-tones; so that this monkey “alone of brute mammals may be said to sing.”
Before leaving New York a handsome booklet had been prepared and printed. The brochure contained the names of the commissioners, their public records, halftone portraits and a carefully prepared statement of the objects of the expedition.
“No, I cannot enjoy it,” Cecilia said to Mrs. Devereux; “I don't mind the grey light; cloud and water, and half-tones of colour, are homely English and pleasant, and that opal where the sun should be has a suggestiveness richer than sunlight.[…]”
Use half tone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Half tone means (music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale..
Common synonyms include semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale, photoengraving, halftone engraving.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
That animals utter musical notes is familiar to every one, as we may daily hear in the singing of birds. It is a more remarkable fact that an ape, one of the Gibbons, produces an exact octave of musical sounds, ascending and descending the scale by half-tones; so that this monkey “alone of brute mammals may be said to sing.”
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