hyperopia
noun
a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
hyperopic
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a word derived from
hyperopia.
Example Sentences
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If you're farsighted, or hyperopic, on the other hand, the focal point for distant objects is fine, while the one for close sources actually falls behind the retina.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the appearance of her eyes in the accompanying photograph, I would suggest that the Judge is hyperopic, not myopic; in other words "farsighted" not "near-sighted."
From Time Magazine Archive
If a hyperopic writer suddenly becomes myopic, his manner of thinking, and consequently of writing, at once is modified.
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
In the farsighted or hyperopic eye, the eyeball is usually too short for the rays to be properly focused on the sensitive nerve area in the back of the eye.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
I informed the Artist—in French—that a specialist had once remarked upon my hyperopic powers, and that if Corsica were really in sight I could not fail to see it.
From Riviera Towns by Herbert Adams Gibbons
