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Definition of Focusing
1. Noun. The concentration of attention or energy on something. "He had no direction in his life"
Generic synonyms: Absorption, Concentration, Engrossment, Immersion
Specialized synonyms: Particularism
Derivative terms: Center, Center, Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus
2. Noun. The act of bringing into focus.
Generic synonyms: Intensification
Specialized synonyms: Refocusing
Derivative terms: Focalise, Focalise, Focalise, Focalize, Focalize, Focalize, Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus
Definition of Focusing
1. Adjective. See British alternative spelling '''focussing''' ¹
2. Noun. See British alternative spelling '''focussing''' ¹
3. Verb. See British alternative spelling '''focussing''' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Focusing
1. focus [v] - See also: focus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Focusing
Literary usage of Focusing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Camera by Columbia Photographic Society, Philadelphia (1916)
"focusing SHARPLY MANY folks would say that there is little that could be written
on the subject of focusing. It is "so simple" that anyone could do it, ..."
2. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"Sharp focusing Microwaves can be focused into narrow beams much more easily ...
Also, because of focusing, two or more microwave beams can be directed to ..."
3. The Microscope: An Introduction to Microscopic Methods and to Histology by Simon Henry Gage (1908)
"focusing § 68. focusing is mutually arranging an object and the microscope so
that a clear image may be seen. With a simple microscope (\ 12) either the ..."
4. Photo-micrographs and how to Make Them by George Miller Sternberg (1883)
"be quite dark when this focusing is done, or light must be excluded from behind
the screen by means of a black cloth thrown over the head, as in portrait ..."
5. Electricity in Every-day Life by Edwin James Houston (1905)
"focusing lamps are employed for a great variety of purposes. ... focusing lamps
are also employed in the illumination of lighthouses, to enable ships to ..."
6. The Microscope and Microscopical Methods by Simon Henry Gage (1896)
"LIGHTING AND focusing; MANIPULATION OF DRY, ADJUSTABLE AND IMMERSION OBJECTIVES;
... focusing. \ 56. focusing is mutually arranging an object and the ..."
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