prime focus

collocation in English

meaningsofprimeandfocus

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prime
adjective[before noun]
uk
/praɪm/us
/praɪm/
main or ...
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focus
noun
uk
/ˈfəʊ.kəs/us
/ˈfoʊ.kəs/
the main or central point of something, especially of attention ...
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(Definition ofprimeandfocusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprime focus

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This, despite the fact that it arose from the discipline of dialectology, whoseprimefocuswas geographical space.
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In our sample authorities, by contrast, we found aprimefocuson financial controls and the routinisation of tasks.
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Since the state tends to monopolise power and decision-making, it becomes aprimefocusof protest and demand-making.
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A small number of studies keep them inprimefocus.
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Note that ourprimefocusin this section is on investigating the size properties of the test statistic.
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Theprimefocusof the study is not whether a specialist nurse function is valued as good or bad.
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The efficiency of the public sector is aprimefocusof concern and will continue to be.
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The code of practice is theprimefocusof this debate.
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Theprimefocusshould be on gender.
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It has also been associated with using a digital camera and spotting scope equipped forprimefocusphotography.
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The film or other detector is placed inside the camera, at theprimefocus.
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The student's discovery of individual strengths and directions is aprimefocus.
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Theprimefocusof education was on rural areas and the schools themselves retained the flavour of the particular denomination that had established them.
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Theirprimefocusis on historically based documentaries.
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The instrument consists of a complex fibre-optic positioning system mounted at theprimefocusof the telescope.
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The space available atprimefocusis severely limited by the need to avoid obstructing the incoming light.
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Theprimefocusof his research is planning 24-hour solar plants to eliminate coal use.
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The telescope had a small convex hyperboloidal secondary mirror placed near theprimefocusto reflect light through a central hole in the main mirror.
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The telescope consisted of a 90 cm main mirror used to focus ultraviolet light onto a spectrograph situated at theprimefocus.
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