All 11 Uses of
focus
in
Ender's Game
- Ender had trouble focusing on Colonel Graff. The man looked far away and very small, as if Ender could pick him up with tweezers and drop him in a pocket.
Chpt 3 (definition 1) *focusing = adjusting vision (to see something clearly)
- But it has a tight enough beam. Well-focused. You can aim it and make a three-inch circle of light on a wall a hundred meters off.
Chpt 5 (definition 2) *focused = concentrated at a single point
- His accent made him exotic and interesting; his broken arm made him a martyr; his sadism made him a natural focus for all those who loved pain in others.
Chpt 5 (definition 3) *focus = place where attention is directed
- Maybe tear big chunks out of them by reflecting the planet's own gravity back on itself, only from another direction, and focused down to a smaller point.
Chpt 7 (definition 2)focused = concentrated at a single point
- They used to take pleasure in building things that would stand up even when a lot of the obvious supports had been removed. Peter, in turn, liked to remove a block here or there, so the structure would be fragile enough that the next person to touch it would knock it down. Peter was an ass, but he did provide some focus to their childhood.
Chpt 13 (definition 3)focus = place where attention was directed
- There was no obvious flagship, no apparent nerve center. But gradually, as Mazer played the videos over and over again, Ender began to see the way that all the movements focused on, radiated from a center point.
Chpt 14 (definition 4)focused = concentrated
- But then you'd think that when you went for it, they would have immediately focused all their power on you.
Chpt 14 (definition 4)
- At the focal point of two beams, it sets up a field in which molecules can't hold together anymore.
Chpt 14 (definition 2)focal = where things come together
- You can't see through the shield to aim and focus the beams, but since the generator of the Ecstatic Shield is always in the exact center, it isn't hard to figure it out.
Chpt 14 (definition 2)focus = concentrate at one spot
- Almost from the moment they began to drop, they were focusing their Little Doctors on one thing only.
Chpt 14 (definition 4) *focusing = concentrating
- One, two, four, seven of his fighters were blown away. It was all a gamble now, whether any of his ships would survive long enough to get in range. It would not take long, once they could focus on the planet's surface.
Chpt 14 (definition 2)focus = concentrate force at one spot
Definitions:
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(1) (focus as in: bring into focus; or out of focus) a state where something has come into view or can be seen clearly; or an adjustment made to permit a clear view
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(2) (focus as with technical usage) technical usage typically involves some sense of center or concentration such as:
- physics — a point where things come together such as the point where light rays meet
- geometry — a fixed reference point (as of a parabola)
- geology — the point of origin of an earthquake
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(3) (focus as in: The focus of our study is...) where attention is concentrated or directed
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(4) (focus as in: Turn your focus to question #2.) verb: to concentrate, look at, or pay attention to
noun: the act of concentration, or the ability to concentrate
(to concentrate is to direct attention or effort towards a single thing)