What's the difference between conic and focus?

Conic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Conical
  • (n.) A conic section.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anterior lenticonus is a rare condition, in which there is a conical or spherical protrusion of the anterior surface into the anterior chamber.
  • (2) Conical root shapes without special provision of retention are not suitable.
  • (3) However, in conical cells the new oral apparatus and fission line form well posterior to the cell equator, so the opisthes are invariably smaller than proters.
  • (4) Their use is indicated in large or total defects to restore the natural anatomical conical shape of the eardrum, particularly in congenital atresia.
  • (5) That of the small conical filiform papillae is to take food efficiently into the oral cavity.
  • (6) Following enlargement of sporozoite buds the apical ends of the buds became conical in longitudinal sections with the newly formed apical rings at their truncated apices and then, newly formed dense inner membranes and subpellicular microtubules gradually extended backwards and finally enclosed the sporozoites.
  • (7) 1) In polishing the axial surface of the inner crown of the conic telescope crown system, the milling machine with a polishing disk facilitated specular finishing without causing undercutting in the region from the occlusal surface to the dental cervix.
  • (8) The study of the effect of dimensions and local organization of net tissue on its electrical properties can be reduced to the problem of investigating electrical properties of conic fibre at different laws of its expansion.
  • (9) The conical shape of the occlusion device is well suited for the anatomic structure of the ductus.
  • (10) Considering both the present data and previous findings, Palaeognath birds appear to be a peculiar and monophyletic group, characterized by: 1), a conical acrosome surrounding the nucleus; 2), a fibrous sheath around most of the axoneme; and 3), an elongated distal centriole occupying the entire midpiece.
  • (11) Scanning electron micrographs showed them to be smooth-surfaced conical to tubular extensions arising from putative photoreceptor inner segments.
  • (12) The sperm consists of a conical head and 100 flagella.
  • (13) Subsequent analysis of a mathematically describable conical geometry demonstrates the need for improved compensator design.
  • (14) Many of the lanceolate receptors contained multiple unmyelinated axons, and the usually highly ordered circular innervation of the inner conical body was markedly abnormal.
  • (15) For osteotomy conic cutters were used (diameter of base 2.1 mm and 5 mm) and a drill (3000 rotations per minute) from the small instrumentarium of SYNTHES Co.
  • (16) The concept of stimulation threshold is generalized to three dimensions, and an excitability surface is constructed, which for cardiac muscle is approximately conical in shape.
  • (17) The results showed that the resisting areas are larger in pyramidal than in conical preparations.
  • (18) The hooks (105 by 24 nm) each displayed a conical protrusion at the proximal end, a concave cavity at the distal end, and helically arranged subunits.
  • (19) In practice, the pins are introduced in the same way as the previously described procedure, by they must protrude beyond the opposite wall by 6-8 mm; the difference is in the screwing of the "ARUM" nut: first it is screwed as the reduction stress is increased so its conical part penetrates between the fracture edges; then the pin is cut; and the nut is unscrewed so the cut end of the pin will be included in the space of its base.
  • (20) Eight conical holes drilled in the side of the chamber serve for the insertion of plugs with attachments for perfusion, rapid injection of small amounts of reagents, temperature measurements or for heating the interior of the chamber.

Focus


Definition:

  • (n.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.
  • (n.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.
  • (n.) A central point; a point of concentration.
  • (v. t.) To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Work on humoral responses has focused on lysozyme, the hemagglutinins (especially in the oyster), and the clearance of certain antigens.
  • (2) Family therapists have attempted to convert the acting-out behavioral disorders into an effective state, i.e., make the family aware of their feelings of deprivation by focusing on the aggressive component.
  • (3) Now, as the Senate takes up a weakened House bill along with the House's strengthened backdoor-proof amendment, it's time to put focus back on sweeping reform.
  • (4) Focusing on two prospective payment systems that operated concurrently in New Jersey, this study employs the hospital department as the unit of analysis and compares the effects of the all-payer DRG system with those of the SHARE program on hospitals.
  • (5) The review provides an update of drug-induced pulmonary disorders, focusing on newer agents whose effects on the lung have been studied recently.
  • (6) This study reports the analysis of a transvestite man through focusing on his marital interaction and his wife's complementary behavior to his perversion.
  • (7) Subsequent isoelectric focusing in sucrose revealed an isoelectric point of 9.0-9.2.
  • (8) Streaming is shown to occur in water in the focused beams produced by a number of medical pulse-echo devices.
  • (9) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
  • (10) For enrolled nurses an increase in "Intrinsic Job Satisfaction" was less well maintained and no differences were found over time on "Patient Focus".
  • (11) Isoelectric points for two normal liver isoenzymes demonstrable by isoelectric focusing are pH5.9 and 6.0.
  • (12) "As part of this de-leveraging process, the group will also focus on eliminating any loss-making businesses."
  • (13) Serum and pituitary gonadotropins, hypothalamic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), and the profile of FSH forms across the isoelectric focusing gel were determined by radioimmunoassay.
  • (14) However, the City focused on the improvement in the fortunes of its Irish business, Ulster bank, and its new mini bad bank which led to a 1.8% rise in the shares to 368p.
  • (15) The primary focus of both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy should be to control systemic blood pressure in a simple, affordable, and nontoxic fashion that provides an adequate quality of life.
  • (16) Proper function of proteinases such as PA may require focusing of activity on a cellular level.
  • (17) The organisation initially focused on education, funding the Indian company BYJU’s, which helps students learn maths and science, and the Nigerian company Andela, which trains African software developers.
  • (18) Inclusion-forming and non-inclusion-forming elementary bodies focused in one band at pI 4.64.
  • (19) This review focused on the methods used to identify language impairment in specifically language-impaired subjects participating in 72 research studies that were described in four journals from 1983 to 1988.
  • (20) Network #5 conducted a pilot study of state survey results to profile data for Medical Review Board (MRB) analysis and to identify potential areas where educational activities could be focused.