· the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"

Synonym(s): focusing, focussing, focal_point, direction, centering

Hypernym(s): concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion

· maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus"

Hypernym(s): distinctness, sharpness

· maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion"

Hypernym(s): clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity

· a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"

Synonym(s): focal_point, nidus

Hypernym(s): point

· special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

Synonym(s): stress

Hypernym(s): emphasis, accent

· a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

Synonym(s): focal_point

Hypernym(s): point

· a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

Hypernym(s): point