total hyperopia (medicine) and rack(2) (iou)

total hyperopia (medicine)

total hyperopia

That which can be determined after complete paralysis of accommodation by means of a cycloplegic.

rack noun2. [rak] ME.
[Dutch rak, Low German rack, also Middle Dutch rek (Dutch rek, rekke), Middle Low German rek(ke) horizontal bar, shelf, prob. from recken stretch (see RACK verb1).]
A bar or framework on which to suspend, support, or secure, or in which to contain, a (specified) thing or set of things, as a Cooking spit, luggage, dishes, pipes, etc. Formerly spec., an iron bar or frame to which a prisoner was secured. ME.
W. Boyd Cases..strapped to the rack at the rear of the car. P. Carey Mrs Williams filled the toast rack. Field & Stream Hunters will keep their waterfowl guns in the rack.
b. A vertically barred (portable) frame for holding animal fodder. ME.
c. Nautical. A wooden or iron frame containing or securing belaying pins, pulleys, etc. M18.
d. A framework, usu. of metal and of standard size, with vertical or horizontal grooves or rails for supporting items of electrical or electronic equipment so as to be readily accessible. L19.
e. spec. A (portable) framework, usu. consisting of a horizontal rail set at chest height (esp. on vertical supports), for transporting and displaying items of clothing for sale. M20.
A framework of crossing horizontal and vertical bars or slats, spec. as the side of a cart or wagon, a strainer or separator, etc. L16.
Mechanics. A cogged or toothed bar for engaging a wheel, pinion, etc., or for holding or adjusting a thing's position. Freq. in rack and pinion. L18.
A set of antlers. N. Amer. M20.
A bed, a bunk. N. Amer. (orig. slang). M20.
Phrases: at rack and manger amid abundance or plenty; wanting for nothing. off the rack = off the peg s.v. PEG noun1. rack and manger (now dial.) lack of proper economy or Management; waste and destruction. rack and pinion: see sense 3 above. stand up to the rack US face or bear consequences; take one's share of work or responsibility.
Comb.: rack-bar (a) = sense A.3 above; (b) Nautical a (wooden) stick for tightening a binding rope; rack-block Nautical a (wooden) frame securing several sheaves through which a ship's rigging is run; rack chain: by which a horse is fastened to a rack in a stall; rack chase (Printing, now Hist.): having racked sides into which fit two adjustable bars; rack-deal deal dried in a rack or framework by exposure to the air; rack-jobbing supplying goods to a retailer for display on racks on condition that unsold stock will be taken back after an agreed period; rackman US a person who distributes newspapers from a publishing office to local newspaper racks; rack mount a rack mounting; rack mounting (the use of) the standardized racks for supporting electrical or electronic equipment; rack-rail a cogged rail on which a cogged train wheel travels; rack-railway: having a rack-rail; rack wheel a cog-wheel.

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