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near-point

/neer-point/US // ˈnɪərˌpɔɪnt //

近点,接近点,靠近点,近似点

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Ophthalmology.

    • : the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.

Examples

  • The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.

  • Certainly, she seems to command near-total devotion among her clients.

  • Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!

  • To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.

  • Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link  or infrared pointer at this point.

  • This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.

  • The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.

  • The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.

  • His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.

  • Judged from this point of view only, the elasticity provided by the new law is doubtless adequate.