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 Meaning of FOCAL
| Pronunciation: |  | 'fowkul 
 
 |  | Matching Terms: |  | focal distance, focal epilepsy, focal infection, focal length, focal point, focal point velocity, focal ratio, focal seizure, focal seizures, focalisation, focalise, Focalization, focalize, focally 
 
 |  |  Computing Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | 1. FOrmula CALculator. An interactive system written by Rick Merrill of DEC in 1969 for PDP-5 and PDP-8.  It was a descendant of AID/JOSS. Versions: FOCAL-69, FOCAL-1971, FOCAL-11 (for PDP-11 under RT-11). 2. Forty-One CAlculator Language. The programming language of the HP-41 calculator line. |  |  |  |  | Sponsored Links: |  |  |  |  |  |  Thesaurus Terms |  |  |  |  | Related Terms: |  | approaching, arch, asymptotic, banner, basic, bedrock, capital, cardinal, central, centralized, centred, centripetal, centrolineal, champion, chief, concentrated, concurrent, confluent, confocal, connivent, convergent, converging, crowning, dominant, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, great, headmost, hegemonic, indispensable, leading, life-and-death, life-or-death, magisterial, main, master, material, meeting, mutually approaching, of vital importance, overruling, paramount, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, prevailing, primal, primary, prime, principal, radial, radiating, ranking, ruling, sovereign, star, stellar, substantive, supereminent, tangent, tangential, topflight, uniting, vital |  |  |  |     |    |  |