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circle of confusion

noun

, Photography.
  1. a circular spot on a film, resulting from the degree to which a pencil of light reflected from the field of view is focused in front of or behind the film, or from aberration of the lens, or from both.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of circle of confusion1

First recorded in 1905–10

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