Hypertext Webster Gateway: "longsightedness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Long-sightedness \Long"-sight`ed*ness\, n.
1. The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence,
sagacity; shrewdness.

2. (Med.) See {Hypermetropia}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

longsightedness
n : abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is
better than for near objects [syn: {hyperopia}, {hypermetropia},
{hypermetropy}, {farsightedness}] [ant: {myopia}]


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