focal

Speech parts

1. focal - Noun

2. focal - Adjective

3. focal - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

central main leading primary paramount critical core essential focused chief principal concentrated vital crucial predominant
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Antonyms

small auxiliary external secondary minor lesser
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Phrases with the word

focal points focal inflammation focal segmental glomerulosclerosis focal position be the focal point focal onset seizure

Anagrams

Falco

Examples

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. Victor Hugo

If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption. Josh McDowell

The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace. Arthur Henderson

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there. Brian Eno

You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but a focal point where the universe is becoming conscious of itself. What an amazing miracle. Eckhart Tolle

Of what use is genius, if the organ is too convex or too concave and cannot find a focal distance within the actual horizon of human life? Ralph Waldo Emerson

Close letter words and terms

FOCA focaccia focaccia bread focal adhesion focal depth focal distance