Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Parfocal

Parfocal , adjective

[Pari- + focal.]

(Optics) With the lower focal points all in the same plane; -- said of sets of eyepieces so mounted that they may be interchanged without varying the focus of the instrument (as a microscope or telescope) with which they are used.
the convenience of a microscope with parfocal objective lenses