focalize

American

[foh-kuh-lahyz] / ˈfoʊ kəˌlaɪz /

especially British, focalise

verb (used with or without object)

focalized, focalizing

to bring or come to focus.
to localize.

focalize British

/ ˈfəʊkəˌlaɪz /

verb

a less common word for focus

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Other Word Forms

defocalization noun
focalization noun

Etymology

Origin of focalize

First recorded in 1835–45; focal + -ize

Example Sentences

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If it did not focalize, it would see indistinctly.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

Two natures meet on the human plane, and focalize in man.

From The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology by Buck, J. D. (Jirah Dewey)

Now comes one of those remarkable facts of super-epochal history," continues Bonsall, "which go to show that when revolutionary periods focalize, revolutions in public sentiment are brought about in almost a twinkling.

From Labor and Freedom by Debs, Eugene V.

The bacilli multiply everywhere, but seem for some reason to focalize chiefly in the alimentary canal, and especially the middle part of it, the small intestines.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

Between the ages of 40 and 50, the crystalline lenses of his eyes having hardened along with the other tissues of his body, he finds it impossible to focalize as he used to.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

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