far-point

[ fahr-point ]

noun

, Ophthalmology.

1. the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of far-point¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

I am accustomed, therefore, even in the case of emmetropes, to paralyse the accommodation by means of atropine twenty-four hours after the operation, and to remove the far-point by convex glasses to about 0·70 m.; the spectacles must, of course, be worn constantly, for only by that means can we be sure that they are always used for near objects.

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