Antonyms for focusing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : foh-kuhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfoʊ kəs

Definition of focusing

Origin : 1640s, from Latin focus "hearth, fireplace" (also, figuratively, "home, family"), of unknown origin, used in post-classical times for "fire" itself, taken by Kepler (1604) in a mathematical sense for "point of convergence," perhaps on analogy of the burning point of a lens (the purely optical sense of the word may have existed before Kepler, but it is not recorded). Introduced into English 1650s by Hobbes. Sense transfer to "center of activity or energy" is first recorded 1796.

verb aim attention at

Example sentences :

Focusing, of course, must be done without the frame in place.
Extract from : « Bromide Printing and Enlarging » by John A. Tennant

Real-time interaction is fundamental to the context of focusing on nano-scale.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

For already the light of suspicion was focusing its red glare.
Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant

This question, focusing his doubts, broke down the Squire's dumbness.
Extract from : « The Country House » by John Galsworthy

I cried, leaping lithely about to keep her from focusing her gaze behind me.
Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough

I've got a sort of television attachment, for focusing the ray.
Extract from : « The Cosmic Express » by John Stewart Williamson

Now let us put the star out of focus by turning the focusing screw.
Extract from : « Pleasures of the telescope » by Garrett Serviss

He held it out beyond the edge and peered into it, focusing it on the end of the creek.
Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson

He felt the need of focusing his resentment on something tangible and material.
Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

If the camera is of the focusing type, it is focused in the ordinary manner.
Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various

Synonyms for focusing

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