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focus in optics, the point at which rays converge after reflection by a concave mirror or refraction by a convex lens , also known as a real focus. The point from which rays appear to diverge after reflection by a convex mirror or refraction by a concave lens is known as a virtual focus. See image .

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focus (foh-kŭs)
1. n. the point at which rays of light converge after passing through a lens.

2. n. the principal site of an infection or other disease.

3. vb. (in ophthalmology) to accommodate (see accommodation).

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focus point toward which lines, rays, etc. converge XVII; point at which an object must be situated so that a well-defined image of it may be produced by the lens; centre of activity XVIII. — L. focus fire-place, domestic hearth.
So focal XVIII.

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