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  • 1soft focus — soft focus, adj. Photog. an image, often created by a special lens, that is recognizable but somewhat blurred or diffused. [1915 20] * * * …

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  • 2soft focus — n [U] a way of photographing or filming things so that the edges of the objects in the photograph are not sharp or clear …

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  • 3soft focus — noun uncount an effect in a film or photograph in which the image is made less clear in order to give a romantic appearance …

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  • 4soft focus — ► NOUN ▪ deliberate slight blurring or lack of definition in a photograph or film …

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  • 5Soft focus — This article is about the term used in photography and optics, for the album by the Norwegian band Euroboys, see Soft Focus. In photography, soft focus is a lens flaw, in which the lens forms images that are blurred due to spherical aberration. A …

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  • 6soft focus — noun : unsharpness of a photograph due to intentional diffusion of the lens image * * * noun [noncount] : a way of producing a photograph so that the edges of the image are not completely clear or sharp soft focus adj used a soft focus lens soft… …

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  • 7Soft Focus — This article is about the album by the Norwegian band Euroboys, for the term used in photography and optics, see Soft focus. Infobox Album | Name = Soft Focus Type = Album Artist = Euroboys Background = orange Released = 2004 Recorded = Genre =… …

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  • 8soft focus — N UNCOUNT If something in a photograph or film is in soft focus, it has been made slightly unclear to give it a more romantic effect. In the background, in soft focus, we see his smiling wife …

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  • 9soft-focus — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: soft focus 1. of a photographic image : having unsharp outlines 2. of a lens : producing an image having unsharp outlines …

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  • 10soft focus — soft′ fo′cus n. pht intentional lack of sharpness in a photographic image, often created by a special lens • Etymology: 1915–20 soft′ fo cus, adj …

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