Definition of "hypermetropic" []

• Pertaining to or affected with hypermetropia; far-sighted.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The disastrous consequences of eye strain should be understood by all in charge of children who are naturally hypermetropic."
• "The young eye, for example, is too flat (hypermetropic) -- made to focus only on objects at a distance."
• "A _long-sighted_, or _hypermetropic_, eye is one which can focus light from distant objects, but not from near objects."