focus

'foukəs 1. plurals - focuses, foci; noun

1) (the point at which rays of light meet after passing through a lens.) brennpunkt, fokus

2) (a point to which light, a look, attention etc is directed: She was the focus of everyone's attention.) midtpunkt

2. verb

1) (to adjust (a camera, binoculars etc) in order to get a clear picture: Remember to focus the camera / the picture before taking the photograph.) stille inn, fokusere

2) (to direct (attention etc) to one point: The accident focussed public attention on the danger.) samle (seg) om, konsentrere

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- focal

- in
- out of focus

brennpunkt

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fokus

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fokusere

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subst. (flertall: foci) \/ˈfəʊkəs\/

1) (overført) midtpunkt, blikkfang, sentrum, fokus

2) (optikk) fokus, brennpunkt

3) (optikk) brennvidde, brennpunktavstand

4) (optikk og overført) innstilling

5) (geometri) brennpunkt

6) (geologi) fokus, jordskjelvsentrum

bring into focus fokusere (på) (overført) bringe i fokus

in focus i fokus

• the object is in focus

motivet er i fokus

out of focus ute av fokus

• the lens is out of focus

linsen er ute av fokus

the focus of attention sentrum for oppmerksomheten

II

verb \/ˈfəʊkəs\/

1) fokusere, samle (i et brennpunkt), konsentrere

• it can focus waves

det kan samle bølger i et brennpunkt

2) fokusere, bringe i fokus, stille inn (avstanden)

• I can't focus the eye

jeg klarer ikke å fokusere øyet

• did you focus the lens of the microscope?

stilte du inn linsen til mikroskopet?

3) fokuseres, samles (i et brennpunkt), konsentreres

focus on fokusere på, sikte seg inn mot

focus one's attention on rette oppmerksomheten sin mot