"focal" meaning in Portuguese

See focal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /foˈkaw/ [Brazil], [foˈkaʊ̯] [Brazil], /fuˈkal/ [Portugal], [fuˈkaɫ] [Portugal], /fuˈka.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: focais [plural]
Rhymes: -al, -aw Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis. By surface analysis, foco + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|pt|:lbor|la-new:focālis|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "New Latin", "term" : "focālis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la-new" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "focal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" }" data-lang="pt" data-title="focal"> Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis., {{surf|pt|foco|-al}} By surface analysis, foco + -al Head templates: {{pt-adj|hascomp=no}} focal m or f (plural focais, not comparable)
  1. (optics) focal (relating to foci) Tags: feminine, masculine, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-focal-pt-adj-edmFAua6 Categories (other): Optics, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Portuguese entries referencing missing etymons, Portuguese entries with etymology texts, Portuguese entries with etymon, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 74 26 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries referencing missing etymons: 65 35 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymology texts: 61 39 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymon: 77 23 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (medicine) focal (limited to a small area) Tags: feminine, masculine, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-focal-pt-adj-ZqibiN29 Categories (other): Medicine, Portuguese terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of Portuguese terms suffixed with -al: 34 66 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: focalmente Related terms: foco

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/fuˈka.li/",
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      "ipa": "/fuˈka.li/",
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