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noun Photography.
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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Origin of circle of confusion
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby circle of confusion
Circinus, circle, circle graph, circle-in, circle jerk, circle of confusion, circle of convergence, circle of curvature, circle of declination, circle of least confusion, circle-out
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