focusing

3 definitions found

focusing - 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]

  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]

focusing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]