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to focalize

to focalize

1 8.4
To change a lens so an image becomes clear
  • verb
  • /ˈfoʊkəˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
: enfocar
  • He focalizes the lens carefully before taking a picture.

Examples

  • As we adjusted the telescope, the distant star gradually focalized into view.

  • The camera lens will focalize the image automatically.

  • During the experiment, the solution began to focalize under the microscope.

  • Please focalize the image on the screen.

  • As we adjusted the telescope, the distant star gradually focalized into view.

  • The camera lens will focalize the image automatically.

  • Please focalize the image on the screen for a clearer view.

Synonyms

to focus
vsto focalize
  • Specialized
45 3.8

To make an image or light clear and sharp

is specifically about adjusting an optical instrument to achieve that clarity
to refocus
vsto focalize
33 3.9

Adjust something so it is clear or pay attention to something again

is about the first adjustment rather than repeating it
to sharpen
vsto focalize
23 3.1

To make an idea, image, or argument clearer and more precise

is limited to optical adjustment to create visual clarity rather than general refining
to foveate
vsto focalize
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To focus the eyes or a camera on a point so you see it very clearly

is broader about bringing things into clarity using optical adjustment
to prefocus
vsto focalize
  • Specialized
1 6.9

To set a camera lens before taking a photo

involves adjusting at the moment instead of beforehand

Antonyms

to blur
90 3.6

To make something hard to see or understand

to obscure
84 7.0

Make something hard to see or understand

How Focused

to sharpen
23 3.1
to focus
  • Specialized
45 3.8
to focalize
  • Specialized
1 8.4
to adjust
360 2.7
to align
60 3.5

Surface Forms

focalize infinitive
focalized past
focalized past participle
focalizing present participle
focalizes third person singular

Morphology

focalize = focal (transparent) = focal + ize

Verb formed by adding the productive suffix '-ize' to 'focal', meaning 'to bring into optical focus'.

Etymology

Focalize comes from focus ('a point where things meet') plus the ending -ize ('to make'). Think of a camera lens: to focalize is to adjust the lens so the image comes into a single, clear point.