網点

あみてん
noun
halftone dot; halftone screen
technicaltechnology
1. halftone dot; the dot pattern used in halftone printing
In printing, the array of tiny dots of varying size that reproduces continuous tones and shades of gray or color. Because ink cannot vary in density on the page, larger or denser dots read as darker areas and smaller ones as lighter.
写真(しゃしん)は網点(あみてん)で印刷(いんさつ)される。
Photographs are printed using halftone dots.
網点(あみてん)が粗(あら)いと画像(がぞう)がぼやけて見(み)える。
When the halftone dots are coarse, the image looks blurred.
印刷物(いんさつぶつ)を拡大鏡(かくだいきょう)で見(み)ると、細(こま)かい網点(あみてん)が確認(かくにん)できる。
Under a magnifier you can make out the fine halftone dots in printed matter.

Formed from 網(あみ) (net, mesh) + 点(てん) (dot). A basic term in printing and graphic design.

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  • 階調(かいちょう): gradation, tone — the range of light-to-dark that halftone dots are used to reproduce.
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