Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun focal_point

3 senses of focal point

Sense 1
focus, focal point -- (a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges)
       => point -- (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street")

Sense 2
focus, focal point, nidus -- (a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection")
       => point -- (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street")

Sense 3
focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering -- (the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life")
       => concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion -- (complete attention; intense mental effort)