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Optics. Any point at which rays converge (or from which rays appear to diverge) in reflection or refraction. Cf. virtual focus at virtual, adj. 5.
Optics. The point (or either of the points: see note) on the focal axis of a curved mirror, lens, or lens system at which rays initially parallel to…