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Focal point

noun

A point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges. Synonym: focus.

A central point or locus of an infection in an organism. Synonyms: focus, nidus.

The concentration of attention or energy on something. Synonyms: centering, direction, focus, focusing, focussing. "He had no direction in his life"

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... diagrammatic; but the index-circle of the Woodstock focus, represented by the dotted line, is made to pass through the places where the rate of change of intensity was found to be greatest. The radius of this circle being very nearly seven miles, it follows that the resulting depth of the Woodstock focal point would be about twelve miles. Major Dutton regards this estimate as probably correct ...

— A Study of Recent Earthquakes • Charles Davison

Words linked to "Focal point" : particularism, engrossment, concentration, focal infection, immersion, absorption, point