Definition of Focalize

1. Verb. Concentrate on a particular place or spot. "The infection has localized in the left eye"

Exact synonyms: Focalise, Localise, Localize
Generic synonyms: Lie
Derivative terms: Focalisation, Focalization

2. Verb. Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.
Exact synonyms: Concenter, Concentre, Focalise, Focus
Generic synonyms: Adjust, Align, Aline, Line Up
Specialized synonyms: Refocus
Derivative terms: Focalisation, Focalization, Focus, Focus, Focusing

3. Verb. Become focussed or come into focus. "The light focused"
Exact synonyms: Focalise, Focus
Generic synonyms: Adapt, Adjust, Conform
Derivative terms: Focalisation, Focalization, Focus, Focusing
Antonyms: Blur

4. Verb. Put (an image) into focus. "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
Exact synonyms: Focalise, Focus, Sharpen
Generic synonyms: Adjust, Correct, Set
Specialized synonyms: Refocus
Causes: Focalise, Focus
Derivative terms: Focalisation, Focalization, Focus, Focusing
Antonyms: Blur
Also: Focus On

Definition of Focalize

1. v. t. To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

Definition of Focalize

1. to focus [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] - See also: focus

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Focalize

fobbed
fobbing
fobs
fob off
focaccia
focaccias
focal
focal
focalisation
focalise
focalised
focalises
focalising
focalization
focalizations
focalize (current term)
focalized
focalizes
focalizing
focally
focal adhesion
focal amyloidosis
focal and segmental hyalinosis
focal appendicitis
focal condensing osteitis
focal depth
focal dermal hypoplasia
focal distance
focal distance
focal embolic glomerulonephritis

Literary usage of Focalize

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1. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1915)
"The next step is developing or obtaining voice and in this try above all else to keep the voice soft; sacrifice strength rather than quality, and focalize ..."

2. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"focalize until a sharp image is produced and substitute the ring diaphragm /" for the previously used iris and note any change in the image. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration (1905)
"William Randal Cremer, a member of the English Parliament, twenty years ago felt that there was an opportunity in that Parliament to focalize this sentiment ..."

4. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1887)
"Away, literalists and word-mongers, and text-quoters, unless they have in them the spirit which sees how lines converge and focalize, and how scattered ..."

5. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1870)
"Central pencils focalize nearer the surface, ... The red rays in a vertical plane cut each other or focalize farther from the surface than the rays in a ..."

6. An Elementary Manual of Physiology for Colleges, Schools of Nursing, of by Russell Burton-Opitz (1922)
"Contrariwise, an eye which is unable to focalize the rays of light precisely upon the retina, ... A flat lens is employed to focalize distant objects. ..."

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