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(of an eyeglass lens) having three portions, one for near, one for intermediate, and one for far vision.

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  • I just tilt my head up a little to look through the middle lens of the trifocal.
  • I also have a problem with my vision: I had to switch over to wearing trifocal glasses 2 years ago.
  • You know, spy stuff: agents skulking down hallways, high-tech situation rooms lined with monitors, and the trifocal night vision goggles that lend the Chaos Theory album...
  • People who wear trifocal or progressive lenses often find that the middle-distance portion is too small to use the computer comfortably; they end up constantly moving...
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