From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
focusing
n 1: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the
focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had
no direction in his life" [syn: focus, focussing,
direction, centering]
2: the act of bringing into focus [syn: focalization,
focalisation]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Focus \Fo"cus\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Focused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Focusing.]
To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. --R.
Hunt.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
focusing \focusing\, focussing \focussing\n.
1. the concentration of attention or energy on something.
Syn: focus, focussing.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. the act of bringing into focus.
Syn: focalization, focalisation.
[WordNet 1.5]