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focal
What does focal mean?
focal (adjective): belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus of attention.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use focal in a sentence?
- The disturbances at the periphery became a focal concern later in the investigation. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce focal?
/ˈfoʊkl̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does focal come from?
Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “focal” mean?
belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus of attention
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showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
Not quite: that's what smart means.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
Not quite: that's what impossible means.
occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable
Not quite: that's what random means.
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