The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
Concentration of attention.
An object used in casting a magic spell.
To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
To concentrate one’s attention.
To concentrate during a task.
To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
To aggregate figures of accounts.
An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
An insinuation or innuendo.
A mark, stain, or smear; (by extension) a slight occasion of reproach.
A disparaging insult or slight, particularly one used to denigrate a specific group.
A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
To run together; to articulate poorly.
To insult or slight.
To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.