What does the word focus mean in science?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The focus is the location where everything come together at. It is a term primarily used in wave mechanical systems like: optics, water management, and geological phenomena.

glass lenses such as a magnifying glass can bend light to a focal point.

shoreline cliffs can focus waves so that their height and troughs are additive in intensity

seismic wave (earthquakes) can be focused to devastating effect.

Answer 3

in physics- focus refers to a point on the principal axis, where light rays parallel to the principal axis converge in the case of spherical concave mirrors and appear to diverge away from in the case of convex spherical mirrors. it is also called the principal focus.

Answer 4

In Seismology, it is 'the point within the earth at which an earthquake originates'.

In Optics, it is the point at which a lens appears to concentrate the rays of light. Or in a dispersivelens (-ve), the point from which the light rays appear to emanate.

In study, it is the ability to ignore distractions. (Often a characteristic of scientists.)