Bifocal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having two focal lengths.
  • adj. Having one section that corrects for distant vision and another that corrects for near vision, as an eyeglass lens.
  • adj. Embodying two distinct and often conflicting goals, interests, or courses of action: "a smoothly functioning bifocal mind” ( John McPhee). "A bifocal monetary policy . . . has kept one eye on the money supply and the other on interest rates” ( Edward Meadows).
  • noun-plural. Eyeglasses with bifocal lenses.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having two focal lengths
  • adj. Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having two foci, as some spectacle lenses.
  • n. a bifocal lens.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having two foci.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having two foci
  • Equivalent
    central   
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