duotone

du·o·tone

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [doo-uh-tohn, dyoo-]
- /ˈdu əˌtoʊn, ˈdyu-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [doo-uh-tohn, dyoo-]
- /ˈdu əˌtoʊn, ˈdyu-/

Definitions of duotone word

adjective duotone of two tones or colors. 1
noun duotone a picture in two tones or colors. 1
noun duotone Printing. a method of printing an illustration either in a dark and a tinted shade of the same color or in two different colors from two plates of a monochrome original made from negatives at different screen angles. an illustration printed by this method. 1
noun duotone Any picture printed in two shades of the same colour, such as a duotype or duograph. 1
noun duotone a process for producing halftone illustrations using two shades of a single colour or black and a colour 0
noun duotone a picture produced by this process 0

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Origin of duotone

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10; duo- + tone

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Parts of speech for Duotone

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Duotone

duotone popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

duotone usage trend in Literature

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