focalisation

Other forms of focalisation

plural

focalisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about focalisation

What does focalisation mean?

focalisation means "the confinement of an infection to a limited area". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in focalisation?

focalisation has 6 syllables: fo-ca-li-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for focalisation?

Close synonyms include focalization, focalization, 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 focalisation a common word?

focalisation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.