trifocals

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Spectacles with corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for trifocals. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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