trifocals

noun

trifocals

noun

Etymology From tri- + focal (see focus). Coined by John Isaac Hawkins, their inventor, in 1826.

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Engineering, Natural sciences, Optics, Physical sciences, Physics Spectacles with corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye.

Related terms
bifocals, trifocal

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