Definition of Focalization

1. Noun. The confinement of an infection to a limited area.

Exact synonyms: Focalisation
Generic synonyms: Pathogenesis
Derivative terms: Focalise, Focalize

2. Noun. The act of bringing into focus.
Exact synonyms: Focalisation, Focusing
Generic synonyms: Intensification
Specialized synonyms: Refocusing
Derivative terms: Focalise, Focalise, Focalise, Focalize, Focalize, Focalize, Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus

Definition of Focalization

1. n. The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

Definition of Focalization

1. Noun. (context: literature) The perspective through which a narrative is presented ¹

2. Noun. (optics) Putting into focus ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Focalization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Focalization

focal points
focal ratio
focal reaction
focal sclerosing glomerulopathy
focal sclerosis
focal sclerosis with hyalinosis
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
focal seizure
focal spot
focal spot size
focalisation
focalise
focalised
focalises
focalising
focalization (current term)
focalizations
focalize
focalized
focalizes
focalizing
focally
foci
focillation
focimeter
focimeters
focimetry
focus
focus-forming unit

Literary usage of Focalization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"Vividness (Attention, focalization). — Vividness is the property of conscious experience which corresponds to variations in the metabolic condition of the ..."

2. The Teacher's Technique by Charles Elmer Holley (1922)
"focalization.—The next step in the drill exercise is called focalization. ... This implies that the form shown for focalization should be the correct one. ..."

3. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"The tendencies of the granulation tissue in meningitis to diffuse spreading and to focalization cannot be strictly separated one from the other, ..."

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