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halftone

In computing, term used in the publishing industry for a black-and-white photograph, indicating the many shades of grey that must be reproduced.



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The chemical change forms tiny microdots or "pixels" of sepia-yellow colour which make up the image, somewhat in a manner reminiscent of a half-tone reproduction.
Includes original foreword and introduction, six chronologically-arranged chapters, separate indices of names and general terms, 682 black-and-white illustrations and twenty-four color and half-tone plates.
Exposing the chemical layer in the petri dish with a half-tone image initiates a pattern of oscillating reaction zones that together appear as alternating positive and negative exposures of the image.
 
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