Verb (used with object) : The slightest movement will defocus the microscope.    From Dictionary.com. 

If you defocus from the embedded Zoho Writer you pretty much kill it.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 August « Squash] Reference

There is no defocus of blame onto women in general.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duke Rape Case: Regarding “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”] Reference

Another feature borrowed from the NEX series is background defocus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sony unveils three new basic subcompact cameras] Reference

Anti-gravity involves spacetime configurations which defocus such paths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mini Nuclear Reactors Could Power Space Colonies | Universe Today] Reference

Yet gravity focuses paths in spacetime and antigravity would defocus paths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hydrogen Gas Cannons Could Launch Payloads to Orbit (w/video) | Universe Today] Reference

One that does is Sony's Vegas 9, which includes a defocus lighting effect that can soften detail.    From Wordnik.com.  [With more HD camcorders comes more detail and anxiety] Reference

One that does is Sony's Vegas 9, which includes a defocus lighting effect that can soften detail.    From Wordnik.com.  [With more HD camcorders comes more detail and anxiety] Reference

In most cases however the last minute ideas defocus the team and take away energy from the current plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Use An Idea Embargo To Keep Focused | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

Clindar whipped his projector into the firing position, and barely had time to defocus it before the tiger charged.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lost Worlds of 2001]

Google has begun to defocus from its core competency, and that leaves room for someone to build a better search mousetrap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo’s Sweetheart of the Week: AOL] Reference

To put our mental energies into displacement activities; to let our eyes defocus just a bit and orient ourselves by the blur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference

Perhaps to make the NEX-5 easier for consumers to understand, Sony renamed the depth-of-field control to "background defocus.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hands on with the Sony NEX-5 SLR-like digital camera] Reference

Lens makers exploit this behavior by forming curved lenses that progressively tilt the surface to focus or defocus beams of light.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

Inward defocus tool - soften the inside only of mattes.    From Wordnik.com.  [UK Regional Film and Television News] Reference

Realistic defocus (DOF) post-process effect (using node compositor).    From Wordnik.com.  [Wil's Ebay E-Store] Reference

In fact, when you daydream, your eyes defocus and stare straight ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Connected Internet] Reference

Cinematographers defocus 24p backgrounds especially during camera movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference

He couldn't tolerat the limelight being focused on Obama - so he HAD to defocus Obama's limelight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress] Reference

This allows videographers to achieve 'cinematic' results with beautiful background defocus (bokeh).    From Wordnik.com.  [Gizmodo] Reference

The defocus control feature is a very unique thing that makes me that much more interested in Nikon over Canon.    From Wordnik.com.  [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

It's also the reason behind the new defocus mode which you can use when you're in the new intelligent auto mode.    From Wordnik.com.  [ePHOTOzine News Feed] Reference

The problem with a lot of these properties is I think they can defocus from what the simplicity of the core strategy is.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference

So as a consequence, what we decided strategically, was to devalue, if you will, or defocus our R&D budget and investment in mobile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Software Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

Do you mumble "defocus" in your sleep?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hacker Test, Version 1.0 by Felix Lee, John Hayes and Angela Thomas] Reference

What have you use for your defocus blur ?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kahn's Exeter Short Film on Vimeo] Reference

Using background defocus mode click to enlarge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hands on with the Sony NEX-5 SLR-like digital camera] Reference

Using background defocus mode (click to enlarge).    From Wordnik.com.  [Hands on with the Sony NEX-5 SLR-like digital camera] Reference

Background defocus mode, HDR, and other features.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hands on with the Sony NEX-5 SLR-like digital camera] Reference

There's little to defocus the buyer away from the problem spots, "said Davis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Herald-Mail Online] Reference

But Malema said: "That survey that is conducted telephonically is not going to defocus me.    From Wordnik.com.  [IOL: News] Reference

Superior Auto mode and Background defocus mode.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photography Blog - News] Reference

It's incredibly easy these days to defocus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

LCD, 1080i video, 3D, 10fps, background defocus feature, HDMI.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gizmodo] Reference