| Focus | ellipse | en |
| focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus" maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion" the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection" put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie" become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused" cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image | en |
| focus | This term represents the point of view that an interviewer has when studying work This is the specific part of the work that the interviewer explores For example, in a study of software utility for distance learning systems the focus of a contextual interview of a math instructor is specific to how the software is used The focus of the interviewer may attend to how well the software supports mathematical formulas, but the interviewer is not focused on understanding the mathematical formulas (Beyer & Holtzblatt, 1998) | en |
| focus | cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image | en |
| focus | put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie" | en |
| focus | The place in the Earth where rock first breaks or slips at the time of an earthquake; also called the hypocenter The focus is a single point on the surface of a ruptured fault During a great earthquake, which might rupture a fault for hundreds of kilometers, one could be standing on the rupturing fault, yet be hundreds of kilometers from the focus | en |
| focus | a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection" | en |
| focus | become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused" | en |
| focus | A means of moving the specimen closer or further away from the objective lens to render a sharp image On some microscopes, the stage moves and on others, the tube moves Rack and pinion focusing is the most popular and durable type | en |
| focus | The state in which an object can receive input from the mouse or keyboard At any given time, only one object can have focus; this object is usually highlighted with a different color and contains the text cursor, where appropriate | en |
| focus | One of the two points which define an ellipse; the sun is at one focus of planetary ellipses; plural is foci | en |
| focus | The point within the earth's crust at which an earthquake starts It is usually found at depths less than 70km Shallow focus earthquakes start above 70km, whilst deep focus earthquakes begin belo 300km | en |
| focus | Some courses are 'General Management' oriented i e they cover a wide range of management topics or functions They are intended to provide education and development for those who will be working in general or strategic management or moving between specific functions Many courses however are aimed at particular management functions or particular sectors of business The former will include Marketing, Finance or Information management etc The latter may include courses for the Service sector - or particular areas within that - e g travel and tourism | en |
| focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion" | en |
| focus | the clarity with which a paper presents and maintains a clear main idea, point of view, theme or unifying event | en |
| focus | The center of an earthquake where rupture begins | en |
| focus | The precise point within the Earth's crust or mantle where rocks begin to rupture or move in an earthquake | en |
| focus | A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refracted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror | en |
| focus | To concentrate ones attention | en |
| focus | To concentrate one's attention | en |
| focus | The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium | en |
| focus | To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane | en |
| focus | To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point | en |
| focus | kime | en |
| focus | To make (a liquid) less diluted | en |
| focus | The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium | en |
| focus | concentration of attention | en |
| focus | 1 The point at which the rays of light coming through the lens converge to form a sharp image The picture is "in focus" or sharpest when this point coincides with the film plane 2 To change the lens-to-film distance (or the camera-to-subject distance) until the image is sharp | en |
| focus | A central point; a point of concentration | en |
| focus | To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera | en |
| focus | A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distance between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant | en |
| focus | a point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge | en |
| focus | the exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions | en |
| focus | a point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge | en |
| focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus" | en |
| focus | the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" | en |
| focus | The focus of a number of rays or lines is the point at which they meet | en |
| focus | If you focus rays of light on a particular point, you pass them through a lens or reflect them from a mirror so that they meet at that point. Magnetic coils focus the electron beams into fine spots | en |
| focus | You use focus to refer to the fact of adjusting your eyes or a camera, telescope, or other instrument, and to the degree to which you can see clearly. His focus switched to the little white ball | en |
| focus | If an image or a camera, telescope, or other instrument is in focus, the edges of what you see are clear and sharp. Pictures should be in focus, with realistic colours and well composed groups | en |
| focus | If something is in focus, it is being discussed or its purpose and nature are clear. This aggression is the real issue the world should be concerned about. We want to keep that in focus | en |
| focus | a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection" | en |
| focus | If an image or a camera, telescope, or other instrument is out of focus, the edges of what you see are unclear. In some of the pictures the subjects are out of focus while the background is sharp | en |
| focus | If you focus your eyes or if your eyes focus, your eyes adjust so that you can clearly see the thing that you want to look at. If you focus a camera, telescope, or other instrument, you adjust it so that you can see clearly through it. Kelly couldn't focus his eyes well enough to tell if the figure was male or female His eyes slowly began to focus on what looked like a small dark ball He found the binoculars and focused them on the boat Had she kept the camera focused on the river bank she might have captured a vital scene | en |
| focus | If you say that something has a focus, you mean that you can see a purpose in it. Somehow, though, their latest album has a focus that the others have lacked | en |
| focus | adjust the focus of; make clear, bring into focus; bring to a focus; concentrate fiil | en |
| focus | center, hub; area in a dialog box which receives input (Computers) isim | en |
| focus | The point at which light rays through a lens form an image | en |
| focus | The spellings focusses, focussing, focussed are also used. The plural of the noun can be either foci or focuses | en |
| focus | If you focus on a particular topic or if your attention is focused on it, you concentrate on it and think about it, discuss it, or deal with it, rather than dealing with other topics. He is currently focusing on assessment and development Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary. = concentrate | en |
| focus | Your focus on something is the special attention that you pay it. IBM has also shifted its focus from mainframes to personal computers | en |
| focus | The focus of something is the main topic or main thing that it is concerned with. The new system is the focus of controversy Her children are the main focus of her life | en |
| focus | a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges | en |
| focus | special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" | en |
| focus | 1 The position at which rays of light from a lens converge to form a sharp image 2 To adjust the distance between lens and film to make the image as sharp as possible on the film plane The nearer the object you wish to focus on, the farther you have to move the lens from the film | en |
| focus | the point within the Earth's crust at which an earthquake originates The point on the surface that is immediately above the focus is called the epicentre | en |
| focus | a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section | en |
| focus | That point within the Earth from which originates the first motion of an earthquake and its elastic waves | en |
| focus | Most MBA programs are 'General Management' oriented i e they cover the full range of management topics or functions They are intended to provide education and development for those who will be working in general or strategic management or moving between specific functions Some programs however are aimed at particular management functions or particular sectors of business The former will include MBAs in Marketing, Finance or Information management etc The latter may include MBAs for the Service sector - or particular areas within that - eg travel and tourism | en |
| focus | The audience's attention should only be in one place at any given time; that place (or person) is the "focus" of the scene If more than one thing is going on simultaneously, the focus is split Experienced improvisors will smoothly share focus, less experienced improvisors often steal or reject focus | en |
| focus | feature of Medline that allows you to restrict retrieval to only those citations which contain the chosen concept as the main point of the article See also "Major MeSH" | en |
| focus | The point in space where the energy of the movement is directed The eyes or any other part of the body can indicate focus | en |
| focus | The process of bringing one plane of the scene into sharp focus on the image sensor | en |
| focus | The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake, directly below the epicenter | en |
| focus | The "focus" designates the active element (e g , link, form control, element with associated scripts, etc ) in a view that will react when the user next interacts with the document | en |
| focus | direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" | en |
| focus | bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | en |
| focus | cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image" | en |
| focus | one of two special points along the long axis of an ellipse such that the addition of the distances (satellite to focus#1) plus (satellite to focus#2) always equals the same numerical value It is not at the center of the elliptical orbit unless the orbit is perfectly circular | en |
| focus | A Windows term indicating the currently selected application, or one of its windows, to which all user-generated input (keyboard and mouse operations) is directed The title bar of a window with the focus is colored blue for the default Windows color scheme | en |
| focus | Noun: The point where rays of light meet which have been converged by a lens, giving rise to an image of the source Verb: To adjust focal length for the clearest image | en |
| foci | the point of origin of an earthquake | en |
| foci | Acronym for Fisheries-Oceanography Cooperative Investigations, a collection of NOAA programs attempting to understand the influence of environment on the abundance of various commercially valuable fish and shellfish stocks in Alaskan waters and their role in the ecosystem [ http://www pmel noaa gov/foci/] | en |
| foci | Two points on an ellipse in which the sum of the distances to the foci from any point on the ellipse is a constant | en |
| foci | Plural of focus | en |
| foci | The medical term applied to a small group of cells occurring in an organ and distinguishable, either in appearance or histochemically, from the surrounding tissue | en |
| focused | eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image (of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire" being in focus or brought into focus | en |
| focused | centered or concentrated | en |
| focused | past of focus | en |
| focused | being in focus or brought into focus | en |
| focused | (of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire" | en |
| focused | approval If you describe someone or something as focused, you approve of the fact that they have a clear and definite purpose. I spent the next year just wandering. I wasn't focused | en |
| focused | eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image (of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire" | en |
| focused | of an optical system (e g eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image | en |
| focused | brought to a focus; brought into focus, made clear; centered, concentrating (i.e. on a task) sıfat | en |
| focused | concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose | en |
| focused | of an optical system e | en |
| focuses | third person singular of focus | en |
| focusing | A technique developed by Dr Eugene Gendlin that harnesses the felt wisdom of the body in order to cultivate deeper awareness of the self and the sacred text Similar to centering prayer but concentrated more on resonances between the classic text and the felt sense or bodily reaction of the focuser (cf Gendlin, 1981, pp 173-174) | en |
| focusing | Adjustment of the lens to film distance according to the lens to subject distance, in order to ensure a sharp image on the film | en |
| focusing | See British spelling focussing | en |
| focusing | Invented by Dr Gendlin, involves becoming aware of the body consciousness communicating (the 'felt sense') to release held traumatic material | en |
| focusing | the act of bringing into focus | en |
| focusing | Means of adjusting a lens' elements in relation to the film plane so as to obtain the required sharpness in the image | en |
| focusing | concentration of attention on something; act of bringing into focus isim | en |
| focusing | The process or system that keeps the optical pickup laser accurately focused on the recording layer of the disk | en |
| focusing | A generic term for a range of critical problem solving tools which will allow students to focus on possibilities and to improve their overall quality of thinking | en |
| focusing | The range of acceptable sharpness is called the depth of focus The depth of focus of a lens is a function of many factors, including: the focal length of the lens, the format size, the distance from the camera to the object, the size of the object, and the f-number of the lens | en |
| focusing | The in-and-out adjustment of the lens to make the main subject sharp on the film | en |
| focusing | The adjustment of an optical instrument to allow the user to see the image clearly A wide range is required since the instrument will be used at many different ranges, different users will have different focusing depths | en |
| focusing | The most powerful and elaborate cooperative spell ever cast in the history of the world This ceremony was conceived by the Alliance Mage Lord Alrem Evarel It was intended to convert Drellikarian static into a useable form of energy to power mages and their spells but instead resulted in the Sundering | en |
| focusing | (Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, Focusing Process, Focusing Therapy): "Natural" stepwise system of "personal growth" based on the work of psychology professor Eugene (Gene) T Gendlin, Ph D , author of Focusing (1981), Let the Body Interpret Your Dreams (1986), and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Manual of the Experimental Method (Guilford Publications, Inc , 1996) It involves dreamwork and inner child work The purported effects of Focusing include: direct contact with the (allegedly palpable) "wisdom" of one's body (prenatal "bodily meaning"); the flowing of "life's energy" in "new ways of being"; discovery of one's "genuine self"; and an increase in personal "whole[ness] " | en |
| focussed | UK, past of focus | en |
| focussed | UK, alternative spelling of focused | en |
| focussed | paying careful attention to what you are doing, in a way that shows you are determined to succeed | en |
| focussing | present participle of focus | en |
| focussing | The action of the verb to focus | en |
| focussing | Used for or pertaining to focussing | en |