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1focal point — n 1.) the person or thing that you pay most attention to focal point of ▪ The swimming pool is the focal point of the hotel. focal point for ▪ The new tax has been the focal point for much discussion. 2.) technical the point at which beams of… …
2focal point — focal points N COUNT The focal point of something is the thing that people concentrate on or pay most attention to. ...the focal point for the town s many visitors the Royal Shakespeare Theatre …
3focal point — focal ,point noun count usually singular 1. ) the most important, interesting, or attractive part of something, that you concentrate on or pay particular attention to: The focal point of the exhibition is a painting by Rembrandt. 2. ) SCIENCE the …
4focal point — The portion of an artwork s composition on which interest or attention centers. The focal point may be most interesting for any of several reasons: it may be given formal emphasis; its meaning may be controversial, incongruous, or otherwise… …
5focal point — noun VERB + FOCAL POINT ▪ act as, be, become, form, make sth, provide (sth with), serve as PREPOSITION ▪ focal point …
6focal point — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms focal point : singular focal point plural focal points 1) the most important, interesting, or attractive part of something, that you concentrate on or pay particular attention to The focal… …
7focal point — 1. Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system… …
8focal point — noun (C) 1 the person or thing that you pay most attention to: The man on horseback acts as the focal point of the picture. 2 technical the point on a lens or a mirror where light ray (1) s meet …
9focal point — ► NOUN 1) the point at which rays or waves meet after reflection or refraction, or the point from which diverging rays or waves appear to proceed. 2) the centre of interest or activity …
10focal point of the complaint — index gist (ground for a suit) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
