Used in a Sentence

bifocals

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bifocals.

Editorial note

The display is 800x480 so it is vertically challenged, but usable (with good bifocals;-).

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bifocals gathered in one view.

noun

Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bifocals.

noun

Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.

Example sentences

1

The display is 800x480 so it is vertically challenged, but usable (with good bifocals;-).

2

They've got 10's of thousands of frames; all the lens options; bifocals or trifocals and so on.

3

There's nothing convenient about corrective lenses, especially if you are far-sighted or need bifocals and are driving.

4

Each function that creates Bifocals objects then can be isolated from the rest, with one sole responsibility.

5

Your function doesn't care, it just pumps data into a Bifocals object and marks it as ready.

6

They're great for people with poor eyesight, especially older people who won't admit they need bifocals.

7

He may also have prisms, progressive bifocals, and so on, which don't cost $30.

8

More to the point, bifocals and lightning rods are not intended for internal consumption.

9

I am only 47 (and, silly me, voted my actual age) but I got bifocals at age 30.

10

What bifocals does is give each partial it's own, isolated pool of data and render them separately and asynchronously from each other.

11

I had bifocals for many years as a teen under the same impression, but this has also been disproven.

12

For example, something like the following would allow bifocals to work its magic.

Quote examples

1

I'd like to someone over 40 try and read an xterm on a 5" 1080p display without bifocals.

2

The user could "learn" to look through it just like one would use bifocals.

3

I'm old, I wear progressive lens (what used to be known as "bifocals"), and I still hit the Cmd⌘-+- combo a few times to crank it down to a readable size.

4

Progressive lenses are like bifocals, with near vision at the bottom and distant vision in the middle and top, except there's a gradual change between these focus distances instead of an abrupt jump.) Since I use my ThinkPad all the time, I have a pair of single vision lenses made for that focus distance, about 20" or so.

Proper noun examples

1

Bifocals then tracks your whole hierarchy, and sends it to the user when every last section is ready.

2

Posting for the author of Bifocals: It's definitely not the easiest library to explain.

3

Posting for the author of Bifocals: I'm not very familiar with express, but I just looked at the template system to see what I can do.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bifocals in a sentence?

The display is 800x480 so it is vertically challenged, but usable (with good bifocals;-).

What does bifocals mean?

Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.

What part of speech is bifocals?

bifocals is commonly used as noun.