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Focus
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focus
Group of (frequently neoplastic) cells, identifiable by distinctive morphology or histology.
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Fo'cus noun ; plural English Focuses , Latin Foci . [ Latin focus hearth, fireplace; perhaps akin to English bake . Confer Curfew , Fuel , Fusil the firearm.] 1. (Opt.) A point i... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/52
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Fo'cus transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Focused ; present participle & verbal noun Focusing .] To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. R. Hunt. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/52
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Group of (frequently neoplastic) cells, identifiable by distinctive morphology or histology. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?focus
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focusing noun the concentration of attention or energy on something; `the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology`; `he had no direction in his life` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=focus
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noun a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=focus
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focalize verb become focussed or come into focus; `The light focused` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=focus
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verb cause to converge on or toward a central point; `Focus the light on this image` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=focus
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(fo´kәs) pl. fo´ci the point of convergence of light rays or sound waves. the chief center of a morbid process. Ghon focus the primary parenchymal lesion of primary pulmonary tuberculosis in children; when associated with a corresponding lymph node focus, it is known as... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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• (n.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant. • (v. t.) To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus ... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/focus/
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(from the article `ellipse`) ...a plane that is not parallel to the base, the axis, or an element of the cone. It may be defined as the path of a point moving in a plane so that ... ...the sum of the distances from any point on the ellipse to two fixed points ( and in Figure 1) is constant. The two ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/41
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(from the article `earthquake`) ...first to reach any point on the Earth`s surface. The first -wave onset starts from the spot where an earthquake originates. This point, usually at ... point on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupt... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/41
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(from the article `Getz, Stan`) ...other American jazz expatriates, including Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke. Upon his return to the United States in 1961, Getz teamed with ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/41
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