Word Finder - focus

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A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

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The heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire.

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A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.

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The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

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Unfortunately, the license plate is out of focus in this image.

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The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

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During this scene, the boy’s face shifts subtly from soft focus into sharp focus.

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Concentration of attention.

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I believe I can bring the high degree of focus required for this important job.

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The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).

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The earthquake's focus was at exactly 37 degrees north, 18 degrees south, seventy five meters below the ground.

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The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.

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Text entered at the keyboard or pasted from a clipboard is sent to the component which currently has the focus.

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The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.

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An object used in casting a magic spell.

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(followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention.

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I have to focus on my work.

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To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.

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To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.

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You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.

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To concentrate one’s attention.

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If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus.

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To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.

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The text box won't receive the user's keystrokes unless you explicitly focus it.

She shook her head, her focus back on Alex.

He forced himself to focus on something else.

Carmen tried to focus on Felipa, but her mind was full of questions.

She cleared her throat, forcing herself to focus on his dark eyes.

Go see her, keep an open mind, and focus on what is important.

When he could finally focus through the black of the night, he plodded forward, feet wallowing in the soft sand like a boat in a heavy sea.

They hated him because he couldn't focus his magic.

She couldn't focus on anything farther away than her hand, and looking at her hand made her cry.

She stepped into the clammy, wet world of fog and darkness, pausing to focus on the portal that would lead to her sister.s house.

Her focus right now seemed to be winning Destiny, but Destiny didn't warm to people easily.

He couldn't focus on the face, but he saw the glowing red eyes.

Her insides quaked, but she breathed deeply to keep calm and focus her mind.

Sofia tried to focus on flipping through a magazine.

Scarcity was the new watchword as the focus turned to all the problems of the future, not all the possibilities.

If Darian lost his focus and disappeared again, he suspected it'd be another week before he had a chance to sleep.

Let the curve represent an elliptic orbit, AB being the major axis, DE the minor axis, and F the focus in which the centre of attraction is situated, which centre we shall call the sun.

When she could focus again, she stopped short.

Yellow fever (which first appeared in Cuba in 1647) was long the only epidemic disease, Havana being an endemic focus.

You must focus on controlling your breathing and keep your eye on the target.

One member of Mountain Rescue grabbed him under the arms while another unfastened his line, but he shook off their ministrations while he tried to focus on the activity going on around him.

He despised her video game playing and art, instead saying she needed a man capable of keeping her feet on the ground long enough for her to focus on doing something real with her life.

She tried to focus on the job at hand.

Now, focus on locating the other three keypads.

Before her eyes could focus, pain jolted through her.

He shook out his shoulders, trying to focus on whatever it was Kiki had been talking about.

Obviously this writer is harder to focus than Kant or Hegel.

Another curious theorem proposed by Bouilland in 1625 as a substitute for Kepler's second law is that the angular motion of the body as measured around the empty focus F' is (approximately) uniform.

Uneasy, he also realized he had to focus on mopping up the rest of his mess in the mortal world, so he could start to address the underworld.

Kiera stared at him, struggling to focus on his face when all she wanted to do was study every inch of his perfect body.

She started with a sketch of A'Ran and found she couldn't focus on anything else.

Sam, please focus There are some weird things going on with us and I'm hoping you can help make some sense of them.

From the surface to 500 fathoms the general form of the isothermals remains the same, except that instead of an equatorial maximum belt there is a focus of maximum temperature off the eastern coast of the United States.

The spectra of the stars he obtained by using, outside the object-glass of his telescope, a large prism, through which the light passed to be brought to a focus in front of the eye-piece.

In 259 Odenathus, the Palmyrene adventurer whose memory has been eclipsed by that of his wife Zenobia, laid Nehardea waste for the time being, and in its neighbourhood arose the academy of Pumbedita (Pombeditha) which became a new focus for the intellectual life of Israel in Babylonia.

Let AB be the major axis of the orbit, B the pericentre, F the focus or centre of motion, P the position of the body.

Other focusing options include manual focusing, auto focusing lock, focus bracketing and an auto focus assist beam for lowlight photography.

Well, the diseases that human beings focus on are the ones considered most unbearable.

They will take advantage of the freedom from financial want that the modern age gives them and will focus on improving themselves and the world they live in.

Inexplicable scenes tore through her mind too fast for her to focus on any one of them.

She shook her head to focus her thoughts.

The sounds and smells of the forest nearly caused them to lose focus and stop running to fully experience their surroundings.

Death was right.  Kris didn't have what it took to keep the Council together.  He may have just lost one of his brothers, because he lost focus of what he should've done.  Maybe he should've known Jade was a traitor or Hannah was a demon.  He hadn't known of Andre's danger or been able to bring the Council together to fight the demons that threatened them all.  He hadn't been able to keep Hannah safe or Toby or Katie.

It was best to focus on the things within her grasp – like Alex.

She blinked, trying to bring it into focus.

Only this time her focus spread out to other things; the arbor of forget-me-nots where they would exchange vows, the cake with its three tiers of cascading flowers.

Maybe if she would focus on assisting him in that, it would be less intimidating.

She kept her focus on the task of loading her plate, avoiding his gaze.

By the time children came along, they would be ready to focus on them in unison.

It would shift the focus from Lori to Jonathan and make him feel more welcome.

Too weak to focus, she didn't know who it was until he'd knelt beside her.