The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
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Focalisation
the act of bringing into focus
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The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to c…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.of Image
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from i…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.The act or process of characterizing.
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided,…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.A painting or depicting; a representation.
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clea…
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.The state of being equivocal.
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.of Focus
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).
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The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other whit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.To be placed in a center; to be central.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bringing, focus.A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.
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