focal point
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
Types & categories
- point hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
the focus of infection
Types & categories
- point hypernym
Parts & wholes
- focal infection part holonym
Sense 3 noun
the concentration of attention or energy on something
the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
Types & categories
- engrossment hypernym
- particularism hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | focalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | focus |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | focal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | focal infection |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rivet |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | concenter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | center |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | engrossment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | particularism |