principal focus

noun

, Optics.

1. focal point ( def 1 ).

principal focus

noun

1. another name for focal point

Word History and Origins

Origin of principal focus¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Yet as delicate as the food might be, cooking is rarely the principal focus of a film production.

From New York Times

It was a principal focus of the lower-court rulings and of the briefing by both sides, but went unmentioned in his brief dissent.

From Washington Post

In some of these stories, the genre elements are a means to an end rather than the principal focus.

From Washington Post

A principal focus of the hearing, however, was this claim that doctors were being distracted from other more important medical care by mifepristone-related emergencies.

From Slate

He challenged those who center “the Christian moral life disproportionately upon sexual activity,” and argued that “the distinction between orientation and activity cannot be the principal focus” of Church thinking about homosexuality.

From Washington Post