noun.
An abnormal condition of the eye in which vision is better for distant objects than for near objects. It results from the eyeball being too short from front to back, causing images to be focused behind the retina.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Same as hypermetropia.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An abnormal condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; -- called also hypermetropia. Cf. emmetropia.
noun.
A disorder of the vision where the eye focusses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.
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noun.
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Word Usage
"Consumer psychologists call it hyperopia, the medical term for farsightedness and the opposite of myopia, nearsightedness, because it's the result of people looking too far ahead."