[syn: focalization, focalisation, focusing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Focus \Fo"cus\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Focused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Focusing.]
To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. --R.
Hunt.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
focusing \focusing\, focussing \focussing\n.
1. the concentration of attention or energy on something.
Syn: focus, focussing.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. the act of bringing into focus.
Syn: focalization, focalisation.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
focusing
n 1: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the
focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no
direction in his life" [syn: focus, focusing,
focussing, focal point, direction, centering]
2: the act of bringing into focus [syn: focalization,
focalisation, focusing]