What does eyeglasses mean?
Definitions for eyeglasses
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Princeton's WordNet
spectacles, specs, eyeglasses, glassesnoun
optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
GCIDE
eyeglassesnoun
a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, used for correcting defective vision. Also called a pair of eyeglasses. See also eyeglass.
Wiktionary
eyeglassesnoun
spectacles, glasses.
eyeglassesnoun
Plural form of eyeglass.
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eyeglasses
Eyeglasses, also known as glasses or spectacles, are devices consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of an individual's eyes, typically using a bridge over the nose and arms which rest over the ears. They are typically used to correct vision disorders or protect the eyes.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Eyeglasses
A pair of ophthalmic lenses in a frame or mounting which is supported by the nose and ears. The purpose is to aid or improve vision. It does not include goggles or nonprescription sun glasses for which EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES is available.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eyeglasses in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eyeglasses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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It's not only those two, it is 50 Republicans who have been adamant not only in pushing an anti-Democratic agenda but also opposing our efforts to try to lower the costs of prescription drugs, trying to expand Medicare to include dental, hearing and eyeglasses, to improve the disastrous situation in home health care, in child care, to address the existential threat of climate change. You got 50 Republicans who don’t want to do anything, except criticize the president.
It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are comfortable with them and have spent years building systems and developing habits that depend on them. Like a man who has worn eyeglasses so long that he forgets he has them on, we forget that the world looks to us the way it does because we have become used to seeing it that way through a particular set of lenses. Today, however, we need new lenses. And we need to throw the old ones away.
No one realized that I needed eyeglasses until I was 12 years old. My parents were writers, so I was around the sounds of words and developed a vocabulary with my sense of hearing. I play guitar by ear.
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