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The concentration of attention or energy on something
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focusing
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(alternative form of focussing English) alt. (alternative form of focussing English) n. (alternative form of focussing English) v (alternative form of focussing English)
WordNet
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n. the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" [syn: focus , focussing , direction , centering ] the act of bringing into focus [syn: focalization , focalisation ...
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Focusing is a psychotherapeutic process developed by psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin . It can be used in any kind of therapeutic situation, including peer-to-peer sessions. It involves holding a kind of open, non-judging attention to an internal knowing ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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focusing \focusing\, focussing \focussing\n. the concentration of attention or energy on something. Syn: focus, focussing. the act of bringing into focus. Syn: focalization, focalisation.
Usage examples of focusing.
She glanced round the room again, achingly trying not to focus on Robert and yet helpless to stop herself from focusing on him, from wondering whom he was with.
Cummings remarked as he peered up to where Asey was focusing the light.
He watched the dark green and bright yellow bobber carefully, focusing on its bright yellow stripes.
Whenever defects in focusing are present, particularly in astigmatism, extra work is thrown on the ciliary muscle as well as the muscles that move the eyeballs.
While the greater portion of the eyeball is concerned in the focusing of light, the crystalline lens, operated by the ciliary muscle, serves as the special instrument of accommodation.
The difficulties of focusing and combining in one vehement thrust all the efforts of two mighty countries were such that no ambiguity could be allowed to darken counsel.
And Mary, by that definition, was a specialized sort of chemist, focusing on deoxyribonucleic acid.
Around them, Hyn and Hynyn constricted their circle as if they were focusing their frenzy inward, onto their riders.
Procedures such as isoelectric focusing were foreign to me and produced results that could not be verified by the naked eye, much less by someone who knew little about biochemistry.
Although we lacked the equipment to do additional isoelectric focusing, we were able to replicate our earlier work from the original samples, which I had kept refrigerated over the past three years.
Despite everything Laree was telling, her mother kept focusing on the fact she was a Jedi.
He was focusing on the revelation of his involvement with Lodestar and his long relationship with Victor Farinholt, on the insider-trading charge, which was rumored to be imminent, and on the Lane Memo, as it was being called.
He barely noticed the pop of the top of the lube because he was focusing on not moving until Randy told him it was okay.
Parents of Murdered Children Research focusing upon the effects of this type of bereavement among family members has been minimal, but one study was conducted by Dr.
Tantalum, extracted from niobium ore, is used to construct matter transmitter focusing rings, among other things.