Associations to the word «Bifocal»

Wiktionary

BIFOCAL, adjective. (optics) Having two focal lengths
BIFOCAL, adjective. (of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision

Dictionary definition

BIFOCAL, adjective. Having two foci; "bifocal eyeglasses".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats