| AUTOFOCUS | • autofocus n. (Electronics, photography) A feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct… • autofocus v. To focus automatically. • AUTOFOCUS n. a device which automatically focusses a camera. |
| CROCUS | • crocus n. A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from… • crocus n. Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus. • crocus n. (Chemistry, obsolete) A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a… |
| DEFOCUS | • defocus v. (Transitive) To cause (A lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus. • defocus n. The process of going out of focus. • defocus n. (Optics) The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative… |
| DIPLODOCUS | • diplodocus n. Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late… • Diplodocus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae – the diplodocus. • DIPLODOCUS n. a gigantic, quadruped, herbivorous dinosaur. |
| DOCUS | • docus n. Plural of docu. • DOCU n. (colloquial) a documentary film. |
| FOCUS | • focus n. (Countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. • focus n. (Countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. • focus n. (Uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. |
| HOCUS | • hocus v. To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat. • hocus v. (Obsolete) To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them). • hocus v. (Obsolete) To drug (liquor). |
| LOCUS | • locus n. A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. • locus n. (Mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. • locus n. (Genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes. |
| MISFOCUS | • misfocus v. To focus badly or wrongly. • MISFOCUS v. to focus badly. |
| OVERFOCUS | • overfocus v. To focus excessively (on a particular subject to the exclusion of others). • overfocus n. (Rare) Excessive focus. • OVERFOCUS v. to focus to excess. |
| PREFOCUS | • prefocus adj. Describing a lamp whose light source is positioned to be in focus when fitted (especially in a motor car). • prefocus v. To focus in advance. • PREFOCUS v. to focus beforehand. |
| REFOCUS | • refocus v. (Intransitive) to focus on something else. • refocus v. (Transitive) to change the focus of. • refocus v. (Intransitive) to change one’s priorities. |