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focal points, plural;
  1. The point at which rays or waves meet after reflection or refraction, or the point from which diverging rays or waves appear to proceed

  2. The center of interest or activity
    • - almost every sizable city can have a junior college that can act as a focal point for cultural activity
  1. focus: a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
  2. focus: a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"
  3. focus: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
  4. Focal Point is a 1976 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, his tenth to be released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in August 1976 and features performances by Tyner with Charles Fambrough and Eric Gravatt. ...
  5. Focal Point was a short lived Hardcore punk band from California, who released a 7" vinyl record on Life Sentence Records and their only full-length album on Tooth & Nail Records (later released under sublabel Solid State Records). ...
  6. In game theory, a focal point (also called Schelling point) is a solution that people will tend to use in the absence of communication, because it seems natural, special or relevant to them. ...
  7. In geometrical optics, a focus, also called an image point, is the point where light rays originating from a point on the object converge. Although the focus is conceptually a point, physically the focus has a spatial extent, called the blur circle. ...
  8. (Focal Points) A Redwood City kitchen design, remodeling and planning technique that brings emphasis to a specific area of the design and remodeling project.
  9. (Focal Points) allow the designer to not only paint a picture with lights but direct a scene with light. These focal points may be unique features of the property such as, statuary or water features; or they may be functional points such as entranceways, sitting areas, or gathering places.
  10. Position of the camera focus where the image is sharpest. An image can also have multiple focal points depending on the camera.
  11. The area or specific element of a sign that attracts the viewer's attention first.
  12. The point at which a lens or mirror will focus parallel incident radiation.
  13. The place in a work of art on which attention becomes centered because of an element emphasized in some way.
  14. Any point in a horoscope where several influences converge or disperse, such as the position of the squared planet in a T-square formation, the action point in a yod, the handle of a bucket, etc. See also T-square.
  15. The area in a design or layout that first catches the eyes. In effective design, the main message the sign seeks to convey will often be located at the focal point.
  16. Area toward which the primary reflector directs and concentrates the signal received.
  17. The area in a work of art that an artist emphasizes.
  18. a specific area, element or principle that dominates a work of art; the area in a work which the eye is most compellingly drawn. The viewer's eye is usually drawn there first.
  19. The point toward which light rays converge to form an image after passing through a lens or having been reflected by mirrors. The condition of sharpest imagery.
  20. [DSMC] In a particular organization (e.g., the headquarters of a major command) the principal point of contact for coordination and exchange of information related to cost/schedule control system criteria implementation or surveillance.
  21. the area within a composition at which the emphasis is greatest and where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest (the center of interest).
  22. that which in an image forms the center of interest or attention, whether through purely formal means or through the specific meaning it has within the image and/or for viewers.
  23. The point of interest or the object of your attention or the point at which a lens focuses a beam of light. This is usually directly behind a lens sheet.
  24. the location at which a mirror or a lens focuses rays parallel to the optic axis or from which the rays appear to diverge
  25. The element of a design where lines converge. The eye is naturally drawn to the focal point in an image.