Emmetropia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The condition of the normal eye when parallel rays are focused exactly on the retina and vision is perfect.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, and astigmatism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Normal power of accommodation, in which the light from a luminous point at any distance from the eye not less than 10 or 12 centimeters (3.9 or 4.7 inches) can be focused to a point on the retina. Also emmetropy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina
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    Cross Reference
    astigmatism    hyperopia    myopia   
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    emmetrope    emmetropic