emmetropia
English
noun
Definitions
- The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
Etymology
Prefix from Ancient Greek μέτρον (measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέτρον
Gloss
measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -meter English
- emmetropic English
- emmetropically English
- emmetropization English
- nonemmetropic English
- centum Latin
- diametros Latin
- metrum Latin
- pes Latin
- -metro Italian
- metrum Dutch, Flemish
- mètre French
- метр Russian
- -metro Spanish, Castilian
- διάμετρος Ancient Greek
- μέτριος Ancient Greek
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- πυρομέτρης Ancient Greek
- συμμετρία Ancient Greek
- ἑξάμετρος Ancient Greek
- ἰσομέτρητος Ancient Greek
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- -metro Portuguese
- metr Czech
- -metre Catalan, Valencian
- -metro Galician
- μέτρο Greek (modern)