Magalasi a bifocal ndi oyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi okalamba, ndipo amatha kuona pafupi ndi kutali.Anthu akadzakalamba, maso awo adzatsika, ndipo maso awo adzakhala opanda mphamvu.Ndipo magalasi a bifocal angathandize okalamba kuona kutali ndi kuona pafupi.
Ma lens apawiri amatchedwanso ma lens a bifocal, omwe makamaka amakhala ndi ma lens apamwamba, ozungulira pamwamba ndi ma lens osawoneka.
Magalasi a magalasi a bifocal amafunikira kuphatikiza hyperopia diopter, myopia diopta kapena kuwala.Mtunda wapatali, pafupi ndi mtunda wa pupillary.