bifocal

Definition

  • noun: eyeglasses with bifocal lenses
  • adjective: divided into two parts that help a person to see things that are nearby and things that are far away
  • adjective: having two focal lengths

Examples

  • She wears 'bifocals'. [=eyeglasses with bifocal lenses]

Movie quotes

  • (..) You just keep thinking, Butch. That's what you're good at. Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals. Hi, News. What you doing? Aw, howdy, Butch. Uh, nothing. Nothing. (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid