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Answer for the clue "Dual-purpose, as lenses ", 7 letters:
bifocal

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Word definitions for bifocal in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bifocal \Bi"fo`cal\, n. [Pref. bi-+ focal.] a bifocal lens.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having two foci; "bifocal eyeglasses"

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context optics English) Having two focal lengths 2 (context of a correcting lens English) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision

Usage examples of bifocal.

A frowning middle-aged woman with conspicuously rouged cheeks, chunky bifocal glasses.

Her thinning blue-gray hair was set neatly above a smooth, plump face, broken only by the bifocal spectacles perched low on the bridge of her potato nose.