far-point

[ fahr-point ]
/ ˈfɑrˌpɔɪnt /

noun Ophthalmology.

the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.

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Compare near-point.

Origin of far-point

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby far-point

far-flung, far-gone, far-infrared radiation, far-off, far-out, far-point, far-reaching, far-seeing, far-sighted, farabeuf's triangle, farad
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