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Meaning of "defocus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFOCUS

defocus  [diːˈfəʊkəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFOCUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defocus is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb defocus in English.

WHAT DOES DEFOCUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

defocus

Defocus aberration

In optics, defocus is the aberration in which an image is simply out of focus. This aberration is familiar to anyone who has used a camera, videocamera, microscope, telescope, or binoculars. Optically, defocus refers to a translation along the optical axis away from the plane or surface of best focus. In general, defocus reduces the sharpness and contrast of the image. What should be sharp, high-contrast edges in a scene become gradual transitions. Fine detail in the scene is blurred or even becomes invisible. Nearly all image-forming optical devices incorporate some form of focus adjustment to minimize defocus and maximize image quality. The degree of image blurring for a given amount of focus shift depends inversely on the lens f-number. Low f-numbers, such as f/1.4 to f/2.8, are very sensitive to defocus and have very shallow depths of focus. High f-numbers, in the f/16 to f/32 range, are highly tolerant of defocus, and consequently have large depths of focus. The limiting case in f-number is the pinhole camera, operating at perhaps f/100 to f/1000, in which case all objects are in focus almost regardless of their distance from the pinhole aperture.

Definition of defocus in the English dictionary

The definition of defocus in the dictionary is to go out of focus. Other definition of defocus is to make to go out of focus.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEFOCUS

PRESENT

Present
I defocus
you defocus
he/she/it defocuses
we defocus
you defocus
they defocus
Present continuous
I am defocusing
you are defocusing
he/she/it is defocusing
we are defocusing
you are defocusing
they are defocusing
Present perfect
I have defocused
you have defocused
he/she/it has defocused
we have defocused
you have defocused
they have defocused
Present perfect continuous
I have been defocusing
you have been defocusing
he/she/it has been defocusing
we have been defocusing
you have been defocusing
they have been defocusing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I defocused
you defocused
he/she/it defocused
we defocused
you defocused
they defocused
Past continuous
I was defocusing
you were defocusing
he/she/it was defocusing
we were defocusing
you were defocusing
they were defocusing
Past perfect
I had defocused
you had defocused
he/she/it had defocused
we had defocused
you had defocused
they had defocused
Past perfect continuous
I had been defocusing
you had been defocusing
he/she/it had been defocusing
we had been defocusing
you had been defocusing
they had been defocusing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will defocus
you will defocus
he/she/it will defocus
we will defocus
you will defocus
they will defocus
Future continuous
I will be defocusing
you will be defocusing
he/she/it will be defocusing
we will be defocusing
you will be defocusing
they will be defocusing
Future perfect
I will have defocused
you will have defocused
he/she/it will have defocused
we will have defocused
you will have defocused
they will have defocused
Future perfect continuous
I will have been defocusing
you will have been defocusing
he/she/it will have been defocusing
we will have been defocusing
you will have been defocusing
they will have been defocusing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would defocus
you would defocus
he/she/it would defocus
we would defocus
you would defocus
they would defocus
Conditional continuous
I would be defocusing
you would be defocusing
he/she/it would be defocusing
we would be defocusing
you would be defocusing
they would be defocusing
Conditional perfect
I would have defocus
you would have defocus
he/she/it would have defocus
we would have defocus
you would have defocus
they would have defocus
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been defocusing
you would have been defocusing
he/she/it would have been defocusing
we would have been defocusing
you would have been defocusing
they would have been defocusing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you defocus
we let´s defocus
you defocus
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to defocus
Past participle
defocused
Present Participle
defocusing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFOCUS


autofocus
ˈɔːtəʊˌfəʊkəs
automatic-focus
ˌɔːtəˌmætɪkˈfəʊkəs
crocus
ˈkrəʊkəs
eurokous
jʊəˈrəʊkəs
euryokous
ˌjʊərɪˈəʊkəs
focus
ˈfəʊkəs
hocus
ˈhəʊkəs
hocus-pocus
ˈhəʊkəsˈpəʊkəs
locus
ˈləʊkəs
misfocus
ˌmɪsˈfəʊkəs
out-of-focus
ˌaʊtəvˈfəʊkəs
overfocus
ˌəʊvəˈfəʊkəs
prefocus
priːˈfəʊkəs
refocus
riːˈfəʊkəs
soft-focus
ˌsɒftˈfəʊkəs
trochus
ˈtrəʊkəs
verrucous
ˈverʊkəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFOCUS

defo
defoam
defoamer
Defoe
defog
defogger
defoliant
defoliate
defoliation
defoliator
deforce
deforcement
deforcer
deforciant
deforciation
deforest
deforestation
deforester
deform
deformability

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFOCUS

abacus
automatic focus
autumn crocus
caucus
circus
Damascus
depth of focus
diplodocus
discus
hibiscus
mucus
prairie crocus
prime focus
principal focus
rhoncus
sensate focus
soft focus
Spartacus
staphylococcus
streptococcus

Synonyms and antonyms of defocus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «defocus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFOCUS

Find out the translation of defocus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defocus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defocus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desenfoque
570 millions of speakers

English

defocus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

defocus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يزيل التباؤر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

расфокусировки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desfocagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

defocus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

défocalisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Defocus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unschärfe-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピンぼけ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

디 포커스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Defocus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

defocus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

defocus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिफोकस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bulanıklaştırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

defocus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieostrości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

расфокусировки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defocalizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποεστίασης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Defocus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

defocus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

defokus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defocus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFOCUS»

The term «defocus» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.666 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFOCUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defocus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFOCUS»

Discover the use of defocus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defocus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Depth From Defocus: A Real Aperture Imaging Approach: A Real ...
This book is about passive techniques for depth recovery, where the scene is illuminated only by natural light as opposed to active methods where a special lighting device is used for scene illumination.
A.N. Rajagopalan, 1999
2
3-D Shape Estimation and Image Restoration: Exploiting ...
This book presents a coherent framework for the analysis & design of algorithms to estimate 3-D shape from defocused & motion blurred images, & to eliminate defocus & motion blur to yield 'restored' images.
Paolo Favaro, Stefano Soatto, 2007
3
Progress in Optics
Balancing of defocus aberration with spherical aberration or astigmatism 6.1. Focused beam We have seen that the depth of focus is quite large when the Fresnel number is small. Hence, the axial irradiance at a certain distance z < R in the ...
Emil Wolf, 2006
4
The Eye and Visual Optical Instruments
10.0 Introduction 225 10.1 Types of defocus 227 10.2 Defocus calculations 230 10.3 Depth-of-field 235 10.4 Focussing techniques 238 Exercises and problems 242 Summary of main symbols 243 References and bibliography 243 10.0 ...
George Smith, 1997
5
Handbook of Image Quality: Characterization and Prediction
The y-axis is JNDs of quality and the x-axis is defocus in mm, with zero defocus corresponding to the best focus position. The simplest model of lens MTF as a function of defocus is the blur circle (geometrical optics) approximation, in which the ...
Brian Keelan, 2002
6
Optical Imaging and Aberrations: Ray geometrical optics
and sinB— + cos6 dW r 36 (3- 13b) For a radially symmetric aberration W(r), a ray of zone r in the exit pupil plane intersects the Gaussian image plane at a distance ri from the Gaussian image point given by 3.3 DEFOCUS ABERRATION We ...
Virendra N. Mahajan, 1998
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Proceedings of the 26th Conference of Spacecraft TTamp;C ...
In practice, the parabolic reflectors of deep space antennas are influenced by many factors, such as fabrication error, gravity and thermal deformation, which induce the feed deviating from the focus of the paraboloid. The feed defocus would ...
Rongjun Shen, Weiping Qian, 2012
8
Adaptive Optics for Vision Science: Principles, Practices, ...
manually or to set a range and step size (in diopters) for calibrated and automated defocus adjustment. The defocus can be adjusted in open-loop mode or closed-loop mode. In open-loop mode, the appropriate voltages to change the focus of ...
Jason Porter, Hope Queener, Julianna Lin, 2006
9
Characterizing Effects and Benefits of Beam Defocus on High ...
This dissertation makes contributions towards knowledge of optimizing of laser weapon performance when operating in the air-to-ground (ATG) regime in thermal blooming conditions.
Scott N Long, 2012
10
Progress in Optics
Balancing 0f defocus aberration with spherical aberration or astigmatism 6.1. Focused beam We have seen that the depth of focus is quite large when the Fresnel number is small. Hence, the axial irradiance at a certain distance 2: < R in the ...
‎2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFOCUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defocus is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Microsoft Almost Won Digital Advertising
That defocus culminated finally in the exit we saw last week from everything but search and paid search. But there was a time when Microsoft ... «AdExchanger, Jul 15»
2
Bongani Mbindwane
China has had a rough time getting lucrative assets in Europe, their defocus to Greece will also be potentially negative for South Africa as they ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
3
DNA Test: It's all about Mi … the Xiaomi Mi4i, that is
Swipe left, and you get access to a panorama mode, night mode, manual, beautify mode and a refocus mode that helps to artistically defocus ... «Digital News Asia, Jul 15»
4
How CEOs can cope up with Digital disorientation
This also means that we have to defocus from some existing business areas. Digital organisations operate at a much higher clock speed and ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
5
7 Deadly Sins of Sales
And don't let envy of your competitors strengths defocus you from the task at hand. Develop sales strategies that deliver the value your ... «Pulse, Jul 15»
6
DNA Test: HTC's One M9+ offers pluses aplenty
The defocus mode on the rear camera needs some distance to work – at least 30cm from a subject at the minimum – along with a suitable ... «Digital News Asia, Jun 15»
7
Sigma's Newest Full-Frame Wide Zoom Lens Has A Constant F2 …
That low aperture value means you'll be able to achieve great background defocus effects (bokeh), and the lens also includes Sigma's quiet ... «TechCrunch, Jun 15»
8
First Impressions Review of the New Panasonic Lumix G7
Auto Focus – Panasonic has improved the AF, including a technology called Depth From Defocus, which allows the G7 to calculate the ... «Resource Magazine, Jun 15»
9
Dell Venue 8 7000 with Intel RealSense Camera Launched in India
Also you can refocus or defocus any section of the image afterwards. Further, this intelligent technology, can can also do area measurements ... «Gizbot, Jun 15»
10
Kensington Launches SD4000 Universal USB Docking Station …
To move from one window to the next, or to pull up a completely new app or web browser, requires the user to defocus from the work at-hand. «MarketWatch, Jun 15»

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