Meanings
plural depths of field
- countableuncountableartsThe distance in front of and behind the subject that appears to be in focus.
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2016Synonyms: DOF
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe distance in front of and behind the subject that appears to be in focus.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 景深
- 景深 (jǐngshēn)distance in focus
Danish dybdeskarphed
- dybdeskarpheddistance in focus
Dutch scherptediepte
- scherptedieptedistance in focus
Estonian teravussügavus
- teravussügavusdistance in focus
Finnish syväterävyysalue, terävyysalue
- syväterävyysaluedistance in focus
- terävyysaluedistance in focus
French profondeur de champ
- profondeur de champdistance in focus
German Schärfentiefe, Tiefenschärfe
- Schärfentiefedistance in focus
- Tiefenschärfedistance in focus
Hungarian mélységélesség
- mélységélességdistance in focus
Italian profondità di campo
- profondità di campodistance in focus
Japanese 被写界深度
- 被写界深度 (hishakai shindo)distance in focus
Korean 피사계 심도
- 피사계 심도 (pisagye simdo)distance in focus
Māori rohe ngangahu
- rohe ngangahudistance in focus
Norwegian Bokmål dybdeskarphet
- dybdeskarphetdistance in focus
Polish głębia ostrości
- głębia ostrościdistance in focus
Portuguese profundidade de campo
- profundidade de campodistance in focus
Russian глубина резкости
- глубина резкости (glubina rezkosti)distance in focus
Spanish profundidad de campo
- profundidad de campodistance in focus
Cite this entry
depth of field. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depth%20of%20field
“depth of field.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depth%20of%20field. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depth of field,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depth%20of%20field.
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