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depth of field

distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that are in focus in an image
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Summary

depth of field is an optical phenomenon[1]. It draws 3,465 Wikipedia views per month (optical phenomenon category, ranking #8 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: length[3]
  • Commons category: Depth of field[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Depth of field[5]
  • Commons gallery: Depth of field[6]
  • Different from: depth of focus[7]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8]

Why It Matters

depth of field has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

The Golden Compass

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3p90Wd
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → depth of focus
    Subclass of → length
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → optical phenomenon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007548129205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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