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Streamline vs Focus - What's the difference?

streamline | focus |

In transitive terms the difference between streamline and focus

is that streamline is to modernise while focus is to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.

streamline

English

(wikipedia streamline)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
  • (meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

    • See also

    * streakline * pathline

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
  • (by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
  • To modernise.

    • Derived terms

    * streamliner

    Anagrams

    * *

    focus

    English

    (wikipedia focus)

    Noun

  • (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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus'.
  • (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
  • (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.

    • Verb

  • 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.
    • You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.
  • To concentrate one's attention.
    • Focus on passing the test.
  • To concentrate one’s attention.
    • If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus .

    Usage notes

    The spellings focusses'', ''focussing'', ''focussed'' are more common in Commonwealth English than in American English, but in both varieties they are less common than the spellings ''focuses'', ''focusing'', ''focused .

    Derived terms

    * focus group * in focus * out of focus

    Related terms

    * focal