• Danish: fokusere på, koncentrere sig om
• French: se concentrer (on/upon: sur)
• German: sich konzentrieren (on/upon: auf)
• Italian: concentrarsi (on/upon: su)
• Japanese: 集める
• Portuguese: focalizar
• Russian: сосредоточивать (sosredotóčivat’), концентрировать (kontsentrírovat’)

• Japanese: 濃縮する
• Russian: концентрировать (kontsentrírovat’)

Latin

Noun

focus, focī m (Diminutive: foculus)

1. hearth, fireplace

Declension

Second declension (2).

Related terms

• focacius
• focarius
• focillare
• foculare

Descendants

• French: feu
• Italian: fuoco

Focus may refer to:

In science, mathematics or computing:

• Focus (optics), a point toward which light rays are made to converge
  • Autofocus, a feature of some optical systems that obtains and maintains correct focus on a target
  • Focal length, a measure of how strongly a lens focuses or diverges light
• Focus (earthquake), an earthquake's underground point of origin or hypocenter
• Focus (geometry), a special point used in describing conic sections
• Focus (computing), a component of the graphical user interface which is currently selected
• Focus (grammar), a phenomenon in Austronesian languages
• Focusing, an activity related to psychotherapy

In music:

• Focus (jazz album), by Stan Getz
• Focus (album), by the US metal band Cynic
• Focus (band), a 1970s Dutch band
• Focus, a mixtape by Talib Kweli

In writing:

• Focus (encyclopedia), a Swedish language encyclopedia
• Focus (linguistics), part of a sentence which contributes the most important information
• Focus (German magazine), a German weekly newsmagazine
• Focus (Christian magazine), a Christian magazine
• Focus, a 1945 novel by Arthur Miller
  • Focus (film), a 2002 film of the novel
• BBC Focus, a monthly science and technology magazine

Other meanings:

• AGM-87 Focus, a U.S. Navy air-to-surface missile
• Foco Theory, a guerrilla theory made by Che Guevara
• Ford Focus, an automobile in 2 versions:
  • Ford Focus (international)
  • Ford Focus (North America)
• Helicon Focus, an image software program
• Focus (board game), an abstract strategy game
• Focus, the main news bulletin on Prima TV station, Romania
• Focus (Berlinale), a section of the official programme of the Berlin International Film Festival

Company and Organization names:

• Focus Features, the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Studios
• Focus Humanitarian Assistance, an international emergency relief organization
• Focus (DIY), a UK chain of do it yourself stores

FOCUS may mean:

• FOCUS, a domain-specific programming language for data handling and analysis
• FOCUS (hardware), a CPU architecture
• FOCUS (organization), Fellowship of Catholic University Students
• FOCUS Program, a voluntary study program at numerous American universities
• FOCUS Brands, Inc., a food and confectionery company

See also

• Hyperfocus

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