varifocal
adjective
varifocal is an adjective meaning “Having a variable focal length, with focus that changes in synchronization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-R-I-F-O-C-A-L, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does varifocal mean?
adjective
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Having a variable focal length, with focus that changes in synchronization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is varifocal?
Varifocal appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Varifocal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having a variable focal length:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | varifocal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does varifocal come from?
From vari- + focal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).