Fulcrum vs Focus - What's the difference?
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(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.
* It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum .
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(countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
(countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
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(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
(countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions.
(computing, graphical user interface) The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
To concentrate one's attention.
To concentrate one’s attention.
As a proper noun fulcrum
is (military) nato code name for the soviet mig-29 aircraft.As a noun focus is
(countable|optics) a point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.As a verb focus is
to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.fulcrum
English
(wikipedia fulcrum)Noun
(en-noun)Bad Machinery
- MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world.
- CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times.
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focus
English
(wikipedia focus)Noun
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Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus'.
Verb
- You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.
- Focus on passing the test.
- If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus .