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The focal point of the room was the fireplace.
What does Focal mean?
Related to the main focus.
Dictionary definition
Related to the main focus, center, or point of attention.
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Focal in a sentence
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The camera has a short focal length.
hard
Focal describes something central, important, or related to focus in vision and optics.
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Central is close in meaning to focal.
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Minor contrasts with focal.
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foh · kul · strongest beat: foh
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WordFocal.
Partadjective.
MeaningFocal means Related to the main focus.
ExampleExample: The focal point of the room was the fireplace.
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- Syllables
- foh · kul
- Strongest beat
- foh
- Ending
- kul
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on foh.
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minorLess important or not central.
opposite ideaA contrasting idea to focal, depending on context.
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