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adj
Not sharp.
Out of focus; blurry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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adj
Not sharp.
Dulled or intentionally blunt.
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verb
To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
From Middle English *unscharp, from Old English unsċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *unskarp, from Proto-Germanic *unskarpaz, equivalent to un- + sharp. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunskäärp (“unsharp”), West Frisian ûnskerp (“unsharp”), Dutch onscherp (“unsharp”), German Low German unscharp (“unsharp”), German unscharf (“unsharp”), Danish uskarp (“unsharp”), Swedish oskarp (“unsharp”), Norwegian uskarp (“unsharp”).
Across languages
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