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English

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Motion blur from extended photographic time exposure

Etymology

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From earlierblurre, probably an alteration ofblear, fromMiddle Englishbleren, fromOld English*blerian (attested ināblered(made bare, made bald)), fromProto-West Germanic*blaʀjan, fromProto-Germanic*blazjaną(to make pale), fromProto-Germanic*blasaz(pale). CompareScotsblore,bloar(to blur, cover with blots),Low Germanbleeroged(blear-eyed). More atblear.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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blur (third-person singular simple presentblurs,present participleblurring,simple past and past participleblurred)

  1. To makeindistinct orhazy, toobscure ordim.
    toblur a photograph (by moving the camera while taking it)
  2. Tosmear,stain orsmudge.
    toblur a manuscript (by handling it while damp)
  3. (intransitive) To becomeindistinct.
  4. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
  6. (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer theinputfocus away from.
    • 2003, John Pollock,#"und">175:
      Then give this box focus toblur the first one:[]
    • 2001, Martin Webb, Michel Plungjan, Keith Drakard,Instant JavaScript, page678:
      These form elements need to have an onFocus event handler toblur the current focus.
    • 2007, Danny Goodman,JavaScript Bible, page273:
      Blurring one window and focusing on another window yields the same result of sending the window to the back of the pile.
    • 2010, Chuck Easttom,Advanced JavaScript, page329:
      A manual way toblur a text object is to press the Tab key, which advances focus to the next field in order and removes it from the current field (blurring it).
  7. (copyrightlaw) To use asign,image,expression, etc. sufficiently close to atrademarked one that it causesconfusion between them.

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Translations

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make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
smear, stain or smudge
become indistinct
to transfer the input focus away from
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Noun

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blur (countable anduncountable,pluralblurs)

  1. A smear, smudge orblot.
  2. Something that appears hazy or indistinct.
    The surroundings went by in ablur.
    • 1907 January,Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, inThe Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen,→OCLC:
      Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, ablur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.
    • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beatJulien Benneteau”, inThe Guardian[1], archived fromthe original on15 November 2016:
      The fightback when it came was in the[Roger] Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of ablur, the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match.
  3. (uncountable)Haziness,blurriness.
    • 1978,Stanley Coren, Joan S. Girgus,Seeing Is Deceiving: The Psychology of Visual Illusions, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.,→ISBN, page82:
      Unfortunately, a small artificial pupil also tends to increase the amount of diffraction somewhat, but this increase inblur is considerably smaller than the decrease that results from the control of other factors.
    • 2014, Albrecht Rissler,Photographic Composition: Principles of Image Design, Rocky Nook, Inc.,→ISBN:
      The second option (right-hand page) features a sharp background and a cyclist who appears as a smudge ofblur.
    • 2016, Kat Sloma,Art with an iPhone: A Photographer’s Guide to Creating Altered Realities, Amherst Media,→ISBN:
      Selectively applyingblur to the edges can give the impression of a toy camera or a tilt-shift lens.
  4. (obsolete) Amoralstain orblot.

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Translations

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A smear, smudge or blot
Something that appears hazy or indistinct

Adjective

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blur (comparativemoreblur,superlativemostblur)

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) Lackingawareness;clueless orconfused.
    • 2002 July 22, Hwee Hwee Tan, “A War of Words Over ‘Singlish’”, inTime[2]:
      If a Singaporean gets frustrated at your stupidity, he can scold you for beingblur as sotong (clueless as a squid).
    • 2007, Elangovan,P, Singapore,→ISBN,→OCLC, page47:
      Even if you don't know, just pretend as if you know-lah Mike. You are embarrassing me you know. If you are soblur like this, how to accept you as my sidekick man?

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