focalizzata

Focalizzata is the feminine singular form of the Italian adjective focalizzato, meaning focused, centered, or targeted. It is used to describe something that concentrates attention, resources, or energy on a specific point, objective, or area. Common uses include imaging (immagine focalizzata), attention (attenzione focalizzata), marketing (campagna focalizzata), and medicine (lesione focalizzata), where it signals precision or specificity.

The term derives from focal, related to the concept of a focus in optics or analysis, and ultimately from Latin focus, meaning center or hearth. The feminine form focalizzata agrees with feminine nouns such as attenzione, immagine, campagna, or lesione. The related noun focalizzazione denotes the act or result of focusing, while the opposite concepts are expressed with terms like diffusa or generalizzata.

In practice, focalizzata appears in various fields to indicate a narrowing of scope or a precise objective. For example, a marketing strategy may be described as a focalizzata campaign aimed at a specific demographic, or a research study may report a focalizzata analysis targeting a particular variable. The masculine counterpart is focalizzato, used with masculine nouns, while the neuter term focalizzato or focalizzato can also appear in some technical contexts.

See also: focalizzazione, focal, focus (as a borrowed term in Italian), focalità.