noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while
Refers to briefly leaving a place or event, often with the implication of returning. Commonly used as a suru-verb (中抜けする).
会議の途中で中抜けして、電話をかけた。
I stepped out of the meeting midway to make a phone call.
パーティーを中抜けして
I'll slip out of the party for a bit and go to the convenience store.
noun
camera focusing error (on a space between two objects)
Technical photography term. Refers to the camera autofocus mistakenly focusing on the background between two subjects instead of on the subjects themselves. Related to 抜く (sense 15).
See also: 抜く (ぬく)
集合写真で中抜けが起きて、人物がぼやけてしまった。
A focusing error occurred in the group photo, and the people came out blurry.