to focus

Definition of to focus in English English dictionary: concentration of attention
I believe I can bring the high degree of focus required for this important job.; To concentrate one's attention
Focus on passing the test.; To concentrate one’s attention
If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus.; To make (a liquid) less diluted; The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium
During this scene, the boy’s face shifts subtly from soft focus into sharp focus.; The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information; The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface
Text entered at the keyboard or pasted from a clipboard is sent to the component which currently has the focus.; To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point; The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium
Unfortunately, the license plate is out of focus in this image.; {n} a place where rays meet, point; ellipse; To concentrate ones attention; 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); the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"; One of the two points which define an ellipse; the sun is at one focus of planetary ellipses; plural is foci; 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; maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion"; The process of bringing one plane of the scene into sharp focus on the image sensor; 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; 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; 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; 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; cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image; To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane; The focus of a number of rays or lines is the point at which they meet; a point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge; bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions; a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges; special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"; To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera; 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; {i} center, hub; area in a dialog box which receives input (Computers); 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"; put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"; 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; 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; 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; direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"; become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused"; 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; 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; The precise point within the Earth's crust or mantle where rocks begin to rupture or move in an earthquake; {f} adjust the focus of; make clear, bring into focus; bring to a focus; concentrate; The point at which light rays through a lens form an image; a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"; 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; 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; 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; The point in space where the energy of the movement is directed The eyes or any other part of the body can indicate 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; 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; Your focus on something is the special attention that you pay it. IBM has also shifted its focus from mainframes to personal computers; – the clarity with which a paper presents and maintains a clear main idea, point of view, theme or unifying event; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake, directly below the epicenter; A central point; a point of concentration; a point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge; the exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions; 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; 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; That point within the Earth from which originates the first motion of an earthquake and its elastic waves; cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image"; The center of an earthquake where rupture begins; 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"; 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; The spellings focusses, focussing, focussed are also used. The plural of the noun can be either foci or focuses