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Focalization

The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

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Intensification 76% connected

The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

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Pathogenesis 76% connected

Pathogeny.

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Focalize 74% connected

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Focalize 74% connected

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Focus 74% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Focus 74% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Localize 74% connected

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

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Localize 74% connected

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

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Focusing 92% connected

of Focus

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Imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imagination noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imaging noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Mental imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Ambiguity noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Characterisation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Characterization noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Choice of words noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Climate noun · 78% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Construction noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Delineation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Depiction noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Diction noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Equivocalness noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Focalisation noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Irony noun · 78% connection

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

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Mood noun · 78% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Motif noun · 78% connection

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual ‘boy gets girl’ theme"

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Amasthenic adjective · 78% connection

Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Blood poisoning noun · 78% connection

invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Camera obscura unknown · 78% connection

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: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Centre verb · 78% connection

direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

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Collimator noun · 78% connection

A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Concentrate verb · 78% connection

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: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Concentre verb · 78% connection

To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Convergent adjective · 78% connection

tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Corradiate verb · 78% connection

To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.

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Crystalline lens noun · 78% connection

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: focalizing, bringing, focus, focalized.
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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the f…

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