portrait lens
noun Photography.
a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Origin of portrait lens
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby portrait lens
Port Phillip Bay, Port Pirie, portrait, portrait flask, portraitist, portrait lens, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, portraiture, portray, portrayal, portress
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