bifocal

1. 1.

   having two foci

   “bifocal eyeglasses”

   Similarcentral

   optics

Questions about bifocal

What does bifocal mean?

bifocal means "having two foci".

How many syllables are in bifocal?

bifocal has 3 syllables: bi-fo-cal. The stress falls on "bi". In IPA it is /ˈbaɪfoʊkəl/.

Is bifocal a common word?

bifocal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.