focalityn.

Brit.

/fə(ʊ)ˈkalᵻti/, U.S.

/foʊˈkælədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: focal adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < focal adj. + -ity suffix.

†1. The point, relative to the canvas, from which the perspective represented in a painting most closely resembles that of a physical scene. Obsolete. rare.

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1837 Newcastle Courant 27 Oct. 1/4 On retiring from the Canvas to the correct Focality of the Perspective, the Opacity of the Painting..becomes..a pellucid Medium, through which to observe a living Scene.

2. The state or condition of being located at or around a focus (in various senses); the state or condition of being a focal point.

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1852 W. Fishbough Macrocosm & Microcosm I. 134 This focality in the situation of primaries with reference to the elliptic orbits of their secondaries.

1856 Proc. 9th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 252 The eye is constructed after the plan of a camera obscura, and accuracy of sight obtained by the focality of the retina.

1918 Bull. Mass. Comm. on Mental Dis. 2 57 There is a certain focality in the microscopic lesions.

1936 C. L. White & G. T. Renner Geography viii. xxix. 636 The centers of mountain valleys, river basins, coastal plains and other naturally defined units of area often possess focality and come to be the sites of political and commercial cities.

1998 N. Lovell Locality & Belonging 1 The focality of certain objects, myths, religious and ritual performances.

2012 E. Goralnick in J. G. Adams et al. Emergency Med. (ed. 2) cciii. 1698/1 Diagnostic imaging should be ordered based on the focality of patients' symptoms.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	focality
释义	focalityn. Brit. /fə(ʊ)ˈkalᵻti/, U.S. /foʊˈkælədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: focal adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < focal adj. + -ity suffix. †1. The point, relative to the canvas, from which the perspective represented in a painting most closely resembles that of a physical scene. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1837 Newcastle Courant 27 Oct. 1/4 On retiring from the Canvas to the correct Focality of the Perspective, the Opacity of the Painting..becomes..a pellucid Medium, through which to observe a living Scene. 2. The state or condition of being located at or around a focus (in various senses); the state or condition of being a focal point. ΚΠ 1852 W. Fishbough Macrocosm & Microcosm I. 134 This focality in the situation of primaries with reference to the elliptic orbits of their secondaries. 1856 Proc. 9th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 252 The eye is constructed after the plan of a camera obscura, and accuracy of sight obtained by the focality of the retina. 1918 Bull. Mass. Comm. on Mental Dis. 2 57 There is a certain focality in the microscopic lesions. 1936 C. L. White & G. T. Renner Geography viii. xxix. 636 The centers of mountain valleys, river basins, coastal plains and other naturally defined units of area often possess focality and come to be the sites of political and commercial cities. 1998 N. Lovell Locality & Belonging 1 The focality of certain objects, myths, religious and ritual performances. 2012 E. Goralnick in J. G. Adams et al. Emergency Med. (ed. 2) cciii. 1698/1 Diagnostic imaging should be ordered based on the focality of patients' symptoms. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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