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focal point

US/ˈfoʊkəl ˌpɔɪnt/

focal point noun: a focus; a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge.

Noun

focal point (plural focal points)

  1. A focus; a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge.
  2. The centre of any activity.
    • Swansea's attack lacked its focal point with top scorer Fernando Llorente injured, while Boro seldom looked like scoring their first away league goal of 2017.2017 April 2, Dafydd Pritchard, “Swansea City 0-0 Middlesbrough”, in BBC Sport, London
    • Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to...2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
  3. A feature that attracts particular attention.
  4. A solution that people will tend to use in the absence of communication, because it seems natural, special, or relevant.

focal point meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

focal point in Tamil

குவியப் புள்ளி, குவியப்புள்ளி, குவிமையம்

focal point in Kannada

ಕೇಂದ್ರಬಿಂದು, ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಯ ಕೇಂದ್ರ

focal point in Tagalog

(optics) a focus; a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge
katumbukan

Examples of focal point in a sentence

  • Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
  • By contrast, unelemental philosophy no longer has as its focal point humanity's relation to the world.2021, David Lorimer, A Quest for Wisdom:

Forms of focal point

pluralfocal points

Questions about focal point

What does focal point mean?
Focal point means a focus; a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge.
What is focal point in Tamil?
Focal point in Tamil is குவியப் புள்ளி, குவியப்புள்ளி, குவிமையம். See Focal point meaning in Tamil.
How do you use focal point in a sentence?
Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point.
What part of speech is focal point?
Focal point is a noun.
How do you pronounce focal point?
Focal point is pronounced /ˈfoʊkəl ˌpɔɪnt/ (US).
What is the plural of focal point?
The plural of focal point is focal points.

Words near focal point in the dictionary

  1. focal depths
  2. focal length
  3. focal lengths
  4. focal plane
  5. focal planes
  6. focal point
  7. focal points
  8. focalisation
  9. focalisations
  10. focalise
  11. focalised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: focal point (page history and authors); focal point (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); focal point (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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