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Blurriness

Definition: Blurriness

Blurriness

Noun

1. The quality of being indistinct.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Blurriness

Synonyms: fogginess (n), fuzziness (n), indistinctness (n). (additional references)
Antonym: distinctness (n). (additional references)

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Digital Photo Gallery: Blurriness
 

"Gal on the phone" by Gabino Travassos
Commentary: "My old roommate talking to her boyfriend. Excuse the blurriness. And the graininess. And the background clutter."
"Yellow skylight bg" by Mike Rose
Commentary: "This is a picture of a really deep skylight. I was playing with light, thought it would make a neat background. The blurriness is due to me holding the camera above my head."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Blurriness

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This abnormal curvature changes the cornea's refractive power, producing moderate to severe distortion (astigmatism) and blurriness (nearsightedness) of vision. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Blurriness

Language Translations for "blurriness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Verschwommenheit (bleariness, blurredness, fuzziness, haziness, indistinctness, muzziness, nebulousness, vagueness, wooliness). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urrinessblay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Blurriness

Derivations

Words beginning with "blurriness": blurrinesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Blurriness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bluriness, blurrings. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Blurriness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-n-r-r-s-s-u"

-1 letter: burliness.

-2 letters: bruisers, insurers, slurries, suberins, sublines.

-3 letters: berlins, birlers, briners, bruiser, bruises, buriers, burlers, burlier, burners, burnies, insurer, insures, nursers, ribless, rinsers, ruiners, runless, silenus, suberin, subline, sunrise, surlier.

-4 letters: berlin, birler, birles, birses, briers, briner, brines, bruins, bruise, burier, buries, burins, burler, burner, burnie, burses, busier, busies, insure, inures, issuer, libers, liners.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-n-r-r-s-s-u"
 

+2 letters: blurrinesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Digital Art
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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