focus

focus has 16 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.
• n.. A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.
• n.. A central point; a point of concentration.
• v. t.. To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.
• n.. maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus"
• n.. maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion"
• n.. the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
• n.. a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
• n.. a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
• n.. a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"
• n.. special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
• v.. put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"