near point

noun

|Updated on: 10 Jun 2018

Definition of near point

: the point nearest the eye at which an object is accurately focused on the retina at full accommodation

Recent Examples of near point from the Web

China sits across an ocean strait, 100 miles from Taiwan at the nearest point, and has the world’s third-strongest armed forces.

— ralph jennings, latimes.com, "Taiwanese F-16 crashes, killing pilot amid military exercises that simulate a Chinese attack," 4 June 2018
Schrade believes Sirhan couldn’t have killed his friend because an autopsy report showed RFK was shot from near point-blank range from behind and eyewitnesses saw Sirhan standing in front of Kennedy.

— michael levenson, BostonGlobe.com, "RFK’s children divided over calls for a fresh investigation of his assassination," 31 May 2018
New Sea Angler fished down near Point Arena and reached limits or near limits of rockfish plus some lingcod to 18 pounds in the mornings before the wind came up and sent the boat heading for the barn.

— sacbee, "Fishing line: Striper action takes off near Colusa and on Feather River | The Sacramento Bee," 23 Apr. 2018
The largest of the three parcels Malibu is buying, an 18.5-acre plot near Point Dume, will go for $18.2 million.

— jack flemming, latimes.com, "Malibu to buy nearly half of Jerrold Perenchio’s Malibu land portfolio," 8 May 2018
The top brass from 18 city and county policing agencies were present along with administrators from 40 of the county’s 42 school districts at the all-day summit, held at the Liberty Station Conference Center near Point Loma.

— pauline repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, "School, law enforcement leaders gather to coordinate threat response, prevention," 27 Apr. 2018
The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office operates the West County Detention Facility, and the county has a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants at the property near Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, a regional park.

— otis r. taylor jr., San Francisco Chronicle, "Contra Costa sheriff stonewalls officials who want to tour troubled jail," 22 Apr. 2018
The nearest point of interest to Promontory is the famed connection point where the two sides of the first intercontinental railroad met.

— joe pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Solid Rocket City: The Utah Space Center Fighting for Its Life," 4 Apr. 2018
Shore fishing for jumbo redtail perch was popular near Point Reyes, Lawson’s Landing, Ten Mile Beach and Doran Beach.

— bee staff, sacbee, "Snow, cold weather slow down Northern California fishing action | The Sacramento Bee," 26 Feb. 2018

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1876

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near point

noun

medical Definition of near point

: the point nearest the eye at which an object is accurately focused on the retina when the maximum degree of accommodation is employed — compare far point — see range of accommodation