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111focus — noun (plural focuses or foci fəʊsʌɪ) 1》 the centre of interest or activity. ↘an act of focusing on something. 2》 the state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition. ↘another term for focal point. ↘the point at which… …
112focus — /ˈfoʊkəs / (say fohkuhs) noun (plural focuses or foci /ˈfoʊkaɪ/ (say fohkuy), /ˈfoʊki/ (say fohkee), /ˈfoʊsaɪ/ (say fohsuy)) 1. Physics a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation, meet after being refracted or reflected. 2. Optics …
113-penny — ( d) an ending added to a number to indicate the size of a nail, as in sixpenny (6d) nail or tenpenny nail. It s not clear exactly how this terminology began, although the usual guess is that tenpenny nails originally cost ten pence per… …
114focus — ► NOUN (pl. focuses or foci) 1) the centre of interest or activity. 2) the state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition: his face is out of focus. 3) the point at which an object must be situated with respect to a lens or… …
115focuser — focus ► NOUN (pl. focuses or foci) 1) the centre of interest or activity. 2) the state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition: his face is out of focus. 3) the point at which an object must be situated with respect to a lens or …
116amplitude distortion — noun distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal • Syn: ↑nonlinear distortion • Hypernyms: ↑distortion …
117focus — n. & v. n. (pl. focuses or foci) 1 Physics a the point at which rays or waves meet after reflection or refraction. b the point from which diverging rays or waves appear to proceed. Also called focal point. 2 a Optics the point at which an object… …
118nonlinear distortion — noun distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal • Syn: ↑amplitude distortion • Hypernyms: ↑distortion …
119newtonian fluid — noun or newtonian liquid Usage: usually capitalized N : a fluid whose viscosity does not change with rate of flow * * * Hydrodynam. any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation. [NEWTON +… …
120Cyclic order — In mathematics, a cyclic order is a way to arrange a set of objects in a circle.[nb] Unlike most structures in order theory, a cyclic order cannot be modeled as a binary relation a < b . One does not say that east is more clockwise than west.… …
