Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or exhibiting hypermetropia.
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- adjective
Farsighted ; of, having, or pertaining tohyperopia .
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- adjective abnormal ability to focus of distant objects
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Examples
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Novartis bets on farsightedness NOVARTIS'S VISION has gone hyperopic.
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Yet if I'm myopic in one eye, I'm hyperopic in the other as I think grandiose thoughts that are subject to "Lifetime achievement" awards should I ever manage to pull them off.
Archive 2008-11-01 Academic 2008
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Yet if I'm myopic in one eye, I'm hyperopic in the other as I think grandiose thoughts that are subject to "Lifetime achievement" awards should I ever manage to pull them off.
A Vision of Research Academic 2008
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Mr. Wills's eye for political misinterpretation seems hyperopic.
Hyperopia McElvaine, Robert S. 1978
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For example, in simple astigmatism one of the principal meridians is hyperopic (turning the rays so that they focus behind the retina) or myopic (bending the rays so that they focus in front of the retina), while the other meridian is normal.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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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.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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In this case the eye is made farsighted or hyperopic in one meridian, and is normal in the other.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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In mixed astigmatism, one of the principal meridians is myopic, the other hyperopic; in compound astigmatism the principal meridians are both myopic, or both hyperopic, but differ in degree; while in irregular astigmatism, rays of light passing through different parts of the outer surface of the eyeball are turned in so many various directions that they can never be brought to a perfect focus by glasses.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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The commonest cases of eye-strain are in eyes that are too flat (_hyperopic_) where this little muscle has to
A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896
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The presentations, based on studies conducted by leading surgeons around the world, confirmed that the Visian ICL and new Visian ICL with CentraFLOW technology offer superior visual results over a wide range of myopic and hyperopic refractive errors, including those within the most popular LASIK areas of treatment.
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