Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus (definite location).

    focal point

    The contamination was focal.

    fokal

    фокусныйfokusnyj

  2. (not comparable)Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus of attention.

    focal point

    The disturbances at the periphery became a focal concern later in the investigation.

    of or relating to a focus

  3. (not comparable)Limited to a small area.

    The rash was focal.

    очаговыйočagovyj

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The tree was the focal point of the village square.

  2. The increase in sales was the focal point of the team meeting.

    deDie Steigerung der Verkäufe war der Schwerpunkt der Teambesprechung. — bigfellow68

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  3. The focal point of the magnifying glass was only two inches from the object.

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  4. That's the focal point.

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  5. In recent years, Nazare has become a global focal point for big wave surfers.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
belonging to or concerning a focus:
(medicine) limited to a small area:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
belonging to or concerning a focus:

Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis. By surface analysis, focus + -al.

Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis. By surface analysis, focus + -al.

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