Indian English informal term for spectacles or eyeglasses. While 'opticals' technically refers to optical instruments or equipment in standard English, in everyday Indian usage it's commonly heard as a casual word for prescription glasses. You'd walk into an 'opticals shop' to get your eyes checked and pick out frames. It's the kind of localised English usage that's perfectly clear in context and widely understood across India without any confusion.
My opticals broke right before my exam — I had to squint at the board the whole time.
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(India) spectacles.
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