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trifocals

[trahy-foh-kuhl, trahy-foh-]

tri·fo·cal

[trahy-foh-kuhl, trahy-foh-]
adjective
1.
Optics. having three foci.
2.
(of an eyeglass lens) having three portions, one for near, one for intermediate, and one for far vision.
noun
3.
trifocals, eyeglasses with trifocal lenses.

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Trifocals is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1945–50; tri- + focal
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