0 the thing that everyone looks at or is interested in: --
1 the point where waves of light or sound that are moving towards each other meet --
A low-power focussinglaser is normally provided to determine the focal point of the welding laser itself.
A second focal point relates to the impact of typological features on spelling development.
It provides a focal point for the viewer, leading the eye and telling it where to rest.
These became the focal point of his search for knowledge, at the cost of not devoting the same efforts in understanding sledging.
Subjects were positioned using a chin cup with the test eye at the focal point of the lights.
And here is the focal point of the controversy.
The verb is the focal point of a sentence.
The contradiction, therefore, between social standing and the exercise of power became a focal point for conflicts through the 1850s.