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n. - The act of bringing into focus; The confinement of an infection to a limited area.

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  • If anything else, the quest for equity will lead to a final push in the long process of subsidy focalization, and will spell the end-game for a way of giving out public...
  • Speculation may be noted in the view of the sun "When he nothing shines upon" (6); and the focalization through the mind of "the traveller in the dark" (9), and his use...
  • Photograph (Radial lines with strong focalization)
  • It necessitates the focalization of all heavenly virtues.
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