1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hyperopia \Hy`per*o"pi*a\ (h[imac]`p[~e]r*[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, the eye.] 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}. -- {Hy`per*op"tic}, a. Syn: hypermetropia, farsightedness, longsightedness. [1913 Webster]
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