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What is hypermetropia ? How can it be co...

What is hypermetropia ? How can it be corrected ?

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Hypermetropia (or) Farsightedness :
The light from a distant object arriving at the eye-lens may get converged at a point behind the retina. This type of defect is called Hypermetropia.
To correct this, we interpose a convex lens (Convergent lens) between the eye and the object.
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