bring to a focus
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In the camera, the artist uses a thumb-screw to bring to a focus on the sensitive plate the rays of light coming from objects at different distances.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
Fō′calise, to bring to a focus: to concentrate.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
This I bring to a focus with a lens, and then let it pass through a small hole in a piece of card.
From Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them by Boys, C. V. (Charles Vernon)
These the eye can bring to a focus, because it normally has a curvature for focussing parallel rays.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald
V. bring to a point, bring to a focus, bring to an issue.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
