(a.) Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.
(a.) Hypermetropic.
Example Sentences:
(1) If a subject who is sufficiently farsighted removes his corrective, positive, lenses and looks with one eye from a distance of one or a few meters, at a small lighted area such as the (continuously "on") indicator light of an electric toothbrush, razor, or smoke detector, and if a small object such as a pin is then moved slowly from above to below the subject's eyes (in a plane close to the eye), the subject will perceive the object moving normally from above to below until it encroaches on his view of the lighted area.
(2) Often, it is difficult to find the appropriate overview for circumstances, so that a sound and farsighted approach is essential, which-for its part-requires a constructive cooperation of all parties involved.
(3) It was during this time of reform, of fermentation, of maturation, that a group of farsighted American ophthalmologists decided to establish a society to further the aims and objectives of our specialty in America.
(4) Those birds appeared to be hyperopic (farsighted) by 2-7 D. In this study, examination with infrared photorefraction of the focusing of two unrestrained, feeding birds showed that they could focus objects at infinity and objects in their immediate environment and that they had modest powers of accommodation.
(5) It is from this foundation that the left and socially progressive forces should work to reaffirm the social democratic principles of the EU’s founders, and farsighted leaders such as Jacques Delors, Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Kohl and Labour’s own Roy Jenkins.
(6) Farsighted individuals or institutions will take steps to survive in a destabilizing health care market.
(7) However, we are most indebted to the farsighted and strong commitment of our member hospitals to diabetes care in their communities.
(8) Thus, whenever a Latin American country sought unilateral assistan ce, their own farsighted goals of health for their people have often bee n forced into a secondary place by guidance from shortsighted but technically proficient spokesmen of ultrasophisticated medical care.
(9) The most important thing is to get people out of bad situations … And to be frank it’s very, very difficult when you hear evidence like we heard this afternoon that shelters are operating on a one-year funding basis.” There needs to be a “farsighted” bipartisan approach to programs and policies: “You can’t have one-year funding and expect to get long-term results.” The hearing continues.
(10) It can be stated that we pedodontists have a degree of farsight in the treatment of traumatic injuries to the teeth regarding children (the theme of the lecture), since the injured teeth are treated not only as items to be restored but also as a part of the growing body with careful consideration on the effects with regard to orlo-facial growth.
(11) Wise, farsighted representatives would "refine and enlarge the public views".
Longsighted
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The victim was named yesterday as Tyrone Donovan Gilbert, of Longsight, Manchester, who was drinking with more than 100 other friends of Ucal Chin, also 23, killed in a drive-by shooting last month.
(2) July 30, 1999 Patrick Logan shot by hooded intruder at his home in Withington July 31, 1999 Martin Bennett, 25, shot in Moss Side August 3, 1999 Dorrie McKie , 20, shot in Moss Side August 15, 1999 Anthony Cook, 24, shot after chase through Moss Side November 1, 1999 Courier Judah Dewar, 35, killed in Longsight December 27, 1999 Simon Brown, 27, shot in Cheetham Hill January 5, 2000 Roger Ormsby, 35, shot in Whalley Range January 12, 2000 Gabriel Egharevba, 17, shot from his bike in Longsight
(3) That, and perhaps also to convince a few other British kids, from Longsight and elsewhere, that there is life beyond the Premier League.
(4) Holly Sprake-Hill, 31, mother, Manchester My four-year-old daughter Willow goes to a Sure Start nursery in Longsight, down the road from where I live in Manchester.
(5) The shooting echoed round Coverdale Crescent in Longsight, bringing out neighbours including a 28-year-old man who ran to help the dying youth.
(6) In recent years, the focus has predominantly been south of the city centre, in Longsight and Moss Side, where high unemployment and the arrival of crack cocaine prompted a violent war on the streets.
(7) The new wave of killings has spread south from Moss Side into the neighbouring areas of Whalley Range and Longsight, with separate incidents involving rival gangs in Cheetham Hill on the Manchester-Salford border.
(8) The breakthrough came three years later following the shooting of Tyrone Gilbert at the funeral of Ucal Chin, a young father with friends in the Longsight crew.
(9) Lyes said she was taken to Longsight police station and put in a cell before being released without charge when the match was over.
(10) 1.02am BST Tales from the north of England Richard O'Hagan emails: "I began my career in Longsight, Manchester, two years before Menelik Watson was born and about a decade after I fell in love with the NFL.
(11) The 24-year-old offensive tackle from Longsight, Manchester, was overlooked in Thursday's first round of the 2013 NFL Draft , but when the process resumed on Friday he did not have to wait much longer.
(12) Raised in relative poverty near Longsight's Anson estate, Watson has overcome incredible hurdles to reach this point .
(13) His was not an easy childhood – raised in relative poverty near Longsight's Anson estate.
(14) The year's shootings included the raking of a pub and a family house in Longsight with semi-automatic fire.
(15) Posters appealing for information about the two latest killings were distributed yesterday in Whalley Range and Longsight and police are trying to build up a picture of gangland suspects.
(16) When she began her work, she said the gangs were involved in violence within their own community in Moss Side and Longsight.