How to pronounce focal
Listen to focal in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“focal” in real sentences
651 clips in the index · 245 American · 151 British · 21 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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For example, the camera, all that giant focal plane, the focal plane, the detector.
NSF · hear it here
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focal point of the marches.
TED · hear it here
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majority are focal and segmental.
NIH · hear it here
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Minister >> Scottish Government has had communication The regarding focal um has had communication regarding focal
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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