"trifocals" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From tri- + focal (see focus). Coined by John Isaac Hawkins, their inventor, in 1826. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} trifocals pl (plural only)
  1. (optics) Spectacles with corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye. Wikipedia link: trifocals Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Glasses, Optics, Three Related terms: bifocals, trifocal Translations (type of spectacles): kolmiteholasit (Finnish)

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