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41focus — Synonyms and related words: adductor, approach, asymptote, attractant, attrahent, axiom, blurred, blurry, bottleneck, bring into focus, center, center of attraction, center of consciousness, center of interest, clear, collision course, concenter …
42Focus — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Place of meeting. < N PARAG:Focus >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 focus focus Sgm: N 1 point of convergence point of convergence &c. 290 Sgm: N 1 corradiation corradiation Sgm: N 1 center center &c. 222 Sgm: N …
43focus — {{11}}focus (n.) 1640s, from L. focus hearth, fireplace (also, figuratively, home, family ), of unknown origin, used in post classical times for fire itself, taken by Kepler (1604) in a mathematical sense for point of convergence, perhaps on… …
44focus — fo•cus [[t]ˈfoʊ kəs[/t]] n. pl. cus•es, ci ( sī, kī) 1) a central point, as of attention or activity 2) phs a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation meet after being refracted or reflected 3) opt a) the focal point of a lens b)… …
45focus — [17] Latin focus meant ‘fireplace’, and in post classical times it came to be used for ‘fire’ itself – hence French feu, Italian fuoco, Spanish fuego, all meaning ‘fire’, and hence too the English derivatives fuel and fusillade. The first writer… …
46Focus — Fokus Das Wort Fokus für Mittelpunkt, Brennpunkt ist zwar dem englischen Wort gleicher Bedeutung focus entlehnt (beides zu lateinisch focus = Feuerstelle, Herd ), schreibt sich aber im Deutschen mit k. Mit c schreiben sich hingegen die… …
47focus — 1. noun 1) a focus of community life Syn: centre, focal point, central point, centre of attention, hub, pivot, nucleus, heart, cornerstone, linchpin 2) the main focus of this chapter Syn …
48Focus — I Focus, ein in der Wirtschaft weit verbreitetes Programm der Firma Information Builders (New York, USA) zur Erzeugung von Berichten aus beliebigen Datenbanken; es wird z. B. im Data Mining (Datenfilterung) eingesetzt. Focus ist in Versionen… …
49focus — 1fò·cus s.m.inv., lat. 1. TS med. punto di impianto di un infezione che preesiste nell organismo per lo più in forma latente e da cui si sviluppa l infezione secondaria Sinonimi: focolaio di infezione. 2. TS geol. → fuoco {{line}} {{/line}} DATA …
50focus — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. point; focal or central point; concentration, convergence; center, hub, core, heart, nucleus; sharpness. v. concentrate, converge; centralize, contract; rally, gather, meet. See middle, vision. II… …
