focal point

Questions about focal point

What does focal point mean?

focal point means "a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for focal point?

Close synonyms include focus, focus, nidus, focus, focusing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is focal point a common word?

focal point is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.