Search Result for "farsightedness":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45;
[syn: presbyopia, farsightedness]
2. abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects;
[syn: hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness]
3. seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing;
[syn: prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Farsightedness \Far"sight`ed*ness\, n. 1. Quality of bbeing farsighted. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Hypermetropia. [1913 Webster]
