Gaussian blur

visual effect
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Summary

Gaussian blur is an image filter[1]. It draws 3,451 Wikipedia views per month (image_filter category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gaussian blur's instance of is recorded as image filter[3].
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss is named after Gaussian blur[4].
  • Gaussian blur is a type of motion blur[5].
  • Gaussian blur is a type of low-pass filter[6].
  • Gaussian blur's Commons category is recorded as Gaussian blurs as concealment[7].
  • Gaussian blur's said to be the same as is recorded as Q141490162[8].
  • Gaussian blur's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/tags/gaussian-blur[9].
  • Gaussian blur's different from is recorded as Q141490162[10].
  • Gaussian blur's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[11].

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Definition and Type

Gaussian blur's instance of is recorded as image filter[3]. Recorded subclass of include motion blur[5] and low-pass filter[6].

Origins

Carl Friedrich Gauss is named after Gaussian blur[4].

Why It Matters

Gaussian blur draws 3,451 Wikipedia views per month (image_filter category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Derkoenig · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q141490162
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Q141490162"
  2. 29d ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q141490162
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Different from: Q141490162, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  3. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Named after → Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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