"bifocal" meaning in English

See bifocal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: bi- + focal Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|focal}} bi- + focal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bifocal (not comparable)
  1. (optics) Having two focal lengths Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-bifocal-en-adj-csPReK42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 58 42 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bifocal-en-adj-GDZNKDxV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bifocality Related terms: bifocals, trifocal

Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for bifocal meaning in English (1.7kB)

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