Definición de "focus"
Formas de la palabra: plural foci (foʊsaɪ
), plural, 3rd person singular present tense focuses
, present participle focusing
, past tense, past participle focused
language note: The spellings focusses, focussing, focussed are also used. The plural of the noun can be either foci or focuses.
1. verbo
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.
The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five
compounds. [VERB on noun]
Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign
Secretary. [VERB noun + on]
2. sustantivo contable [usually singular]
The focus of something is the main topic or main thing that it is concerned with.
3. sustantivo contable [usually singular]
Your focus on something is the special attention that you pay it.
4. sustantivo incontable
If you say that something has a focus, you mean that you can see a purpose in it.
5. verbo
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.
[Also VERB] 6. sustantivo incontable
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.
7. verbo
8. sustantivo contable
The focus of a number of rays or lines is the point at which they meet.
[technical]9.
See in focus
10.
See in focus
11.
See out of focus
12.
See out of focus
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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
focus in British English
sustantivoFormas de la palabra: plural -cuses or -ci (-saɪ
, -kaɪ
, -kiː
)
1.
a point of convergence of light or other electromagnetic radiation, particles, sound waves, etc, or a point from which they appear to diverge
2. another name for focal point (sense 1), focal length
3. optics
the state of an optical image when it is distinct and clearly defined or the state of an instrument producing this image
the picture is in focus
the telescope is out of focus
4.
a point upon which attention, activity, etc, is directed or concentrated
5. geometry
6.
the point beneath the earth's surface at which an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion originates
Compare epicentreverboFormas de la palabra: -cuses, -cusing, -cused or -cusses, -cussing, -cussed
8.
to bring or come to a focus or into focus
9. (transitive; often foll by on)
to fix attention (on); concentrate
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Formas derivadas
focusable (ˈfocusable) adjetivo
focuser (ˈfocuser)
sustantivo
Origen de la palabra focus
C17: via New Latin from Latin: hearth, fireplace
Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
focus in American English
sustantivoFormas de la palabra: plural ˈfocuses or ˈfoˌci (ˈfoʊˌsaɪ
)
1.
the point where rays of light, heat, etc. or waves of sound come together, or from
which they spread or seem to spread; specif., the point where rays of light reflected by a mirror or refracted by a lens meet (called real focus) or the point where they would meet if prolonged backward through the lens or mirror (called virtual focus)
2.
4.
any center of activity, attention, etc.
5.
a part of the body where a disease process, as an infection, tumor, etc., is localized
or most active
6.
the starting point of an earthquake
verbo transitivoFormas de la palabra: ˈfocused or ˈfocussed, ˈfocusing or ˈfocussing
8.
to bring into focus
9.
to adjust the focal length of (the eye, a lens, etc.) in order to produce a clear
image
verbo intransitivo
11.
to meet at a focus
12.
to adjust one's eye or a lens so as to make a clear image
13.
to direct one's thoughts or efforts; concentrate
Modismos:
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Formas derivadas
focuser (ˈfocuser)
sustantivo
Origen de la palabra focus
ModL, adopted in math. senses by Kepler (1604) < L, fireplace, hearth < ? IE base *bhok-, to flame, burn > ? Arm bo, flame
Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
focus in American English
(ˈfoukəs) (noun plural -cuses, -ci (-sai, -kai), verb -cused, -cusing or esp Brit -cussed, -cussing)
sustantivo
1.
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity
The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts
2. Physics
a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation, meet after being refracted
or reflected
3. Optics
a.
the focal point of a lens
b.
the focal length of a lens
c.
the clear and sharply defined condition of an image
d.
the position of a viewed object or the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image
in focus
out of focus
4. Geometry (of a conic section)
5. Geology
the point of origin of an earthquake
verbo transitivo
7.
to bring to a focus or into focus
to focus the lens of a camera
8.
to concentrate
to focus one's thoughts
verbo intransitivo
SYNONYMS 1. center, heart, core, nucleus.9.
to become focused
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Formas derivadas
focusable adjetivo
focuser
sustantivo
Origen de la palabra focus
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Inglés británico: focus
/ˈfəʊkəs/ NOUN
The focus of something is the main topic or main thing that it is concerned with.
The new system is the focus of much criticism.
- Inglés americano: focus /ˈfoʊkəs/
- Árabe: مَرْكَز
- Portugués brasileño: foco
- Chino: 焦点
- Croata: fokus
- Checo: střed zájmu
- Danés: fokus
- Holandés: focus
- Español europeo: foco Fotografía
- Finlandés: keskipiste
- Francés: centre
- Alemán: Brennpunkt
- Griego: εστία
- Italiano: centro
- Japonés: 焦点
- Coreano: 초점
- Noruego: fokus
- Polaco: ognisko optyka
- Portugués: foco
- Rumano: punct central
- Ruso: фокус
- Español: foco centro de atención
- Sueco: fokus
- Tailandés: ประเด็นหลัก
- Turco: odak
- Ucraniano: фокус
- Vietnamita: trọng tâm
Inglés británico: focus
/ˈfəʊkəs/ VERB
If you focus on a particular topic, or if your attention is focusedon it, you concentrate on it and deal with it.
Today he focused on the economy.
- Inglés americano: focus /ˈfoʊkəs/
- Árabe: يُرَكِّزُ
- Portugués brasileño: focar
- Chino: 集中
- Croata: usredotočiti se
- Checo: soustředit se
- Danés: fokusere
- Holandés: aandacht hebben voor
- Español europeo: enfocar
- Finlandés: kohdistaa
- Francés: se concentrer
- Alemán: konzentrieren (sich)
- Griego: εστιάζω
- Italiano: concentrarsi
- Japonés: 焦点を合わせる
- Coreano: 초점을 맞추다
- Noruego: fokusere
- Polaco: skupić
- Portugués: focar
- Rumano: a se concentra
- Ruso: фокусировать(ся)
- Español: enfocar
- Sueco: fokusera
- Tailandés: มุ่งเน้น
- Turco: odaklanmak
- Ucraniano: зосереджувати(-ся)
- Vietnamita: chú trọng
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