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bifocals
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bifocals are eyeglasses with two distinct optical powers . Bifocals are commonly prescribed to people with presbyopia who also require a correction for myopia , hyperopia , and/or astigmatism .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bifocals \Bi"fo`cals\, n. pl. [Pref. bi-+ focal.] eyeglasses whose lenses have two foci, allowing the wearer to see both far and nearby objects clearly. The lenses are partitioned horizontally, the upper and lower parts having different focal lengths.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An effort to look through bifocals put a jaunty thrust in Lois's small chin. ▪ Discreetly Pamela put on her bifocals and craned her neck. ▪ For instance, it was by trusting the bifocals of Euhemerus that Heinrich Schliemann rediscovered ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bifocal spectacles," 1899, see bifocal . Conceived by Benjamin Franklin, but called by him double spectacles .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses
Usage examples of bifocals.
Despite the white hair, bifocals and arthritic hands, he was one of the few who could singlehandedly put out the paper, having worked in every department.
After the Wrights and their attorney left, Edmond removed his bifocals and rubbed his eyes.
People were falling in love, getting married, going to drug rehab, learning how to ice-skate, getting bifocals, studying for exams, trying on clothes, getting their hair cut, and getting born.
He removed his bifocals and began polishing the lens with a white linen handkerchief.
An African-American, she wore bifocals attached to her lapel by a silver chain.
He wore a broken-rimmed straw hat pushed back on his head while his bifocals were pulled down on the bridge of his nose.
Darcy watched the crash footage, eyes wide, like a fish being hauled into a boat--a bony fish with bifocals and bad hair.
Two very fine Temple artists also appeared on the scene, and an old glasscutter made a pair of bifocals and began grinding out more.
He was round-faced, handsome in a Goody-Two-Shoes sort of way: bifocals with wire frames, sandy hair streaked with gray, cut full (with just the faintest suggestion of styling mousse).