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View synonyms for bifocal
bifocal
[ bahy-foh-kuhl, bahy-foh- ]
adjective
- Chiefly Optics. having two foci.
- (of an eyeglass or contact lens) having two portions, one for near and one for far vision.
noun
- bifocals, bifocal eyeglasses or contact lenses.
bifocal
/ baɪˈfəʊkəl /
adjective
- optics having two different focuses
- relating to a compound lens permitting near and distant vision
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People with progressive lenses or bifocals may need to go to an optician in person.
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Any other fish or mammal would have been just as likely as Anableps to begin the development of a bifocal eye.
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His most direct contribution to medicine was the invention for his own use of bifocal eyeglasses.
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The very bifocal glasses, now in such general use, that he wore were a triumph of his own quick wit.
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