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Focusing   /fˈoʊkəsɪŋ/  /fˈoʊkɪsɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Focus  v. t.  (past & past part. focused or focussed; pres. part. focusing or focussing)  To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.


noun
focussing, focusing  n.  
1.
The concentration of attention or energy on something.
Synonyms: focus, focussing.
2.
The act of bringing into focus.
Synonyms: focalization, focalisation.





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"Focusing" Quotes from Famous Books



... described in Volume IV of the History of Woman Suffrage. It seemed at times a deadly dull process and there rose bolder spirits occasionally who suggested more vigorous and spectacular means of bringing the cause to the attention of the general public and of focusing the suffrage sentiment, which evidently existed, on the members of the Legislatures and putting them into a more genial attitude toward submitting a State constitutional amendment, which seemed in those years the only method of attaining the longed-for goal. ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various
... short focus, every object situated beyond a distance of three yards from the apparatus is in focus. In exceptional cases, where the operator might be nearer the object to be photographed, the focusing would be done by means of the rack of the objective. The latter can also slide up and down, so that the apparatus need not be inclined when buildings or high trees are being photographed. The door, E, performs the role of a shade. When the apparatus has been fixed upon its tripod and properly ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 • Various


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