focusing

from 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}]

from 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]

from 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]

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