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Bokeh

Bokeh refers to how pleasing the out of focus areas in an image is.  The leaves of the lens aperture affect bokeh; some lenses will cause doughnut shaped bokeh while most will show the shape of the leaves closing. 

Unfortunately bokeh is very hard to quantify, you must look at the results to come to your own conclusion.

See Also:
Wikipedia article on Bokeh 

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