What condition is indicated if light focuses after the retina?

When light focuses after the retina, the condition it indicates is hyperopia, commonly known as farsightedness. In hyperopia, the eye is typically shorter than average or has a cornea with insufficient curvature. As a result, light rays entering the eye focus at a point behind the retina rather than directly on it. This condition often causes difficulty in seeing close objects clearly, while distant objects may appear more clearly.

Myopia, on the other hand, describes a refractive error where light focuses in front of the retina, leading to clear vision up close but blurriness at a distance. Astigmatism is characterized by an irregularly shaped cornea, causing distorted or blurred vision at any distance and is not directly related to the positioning of light relative to the retina in the same way. Presbyopia, typically occurring with age, involves a loss of the eye's ability to focus on near objects but does not directly refer to where light focuses in relation to the retina. Thus, hyperopia directly correlates with light focusing after the retina and is the condition described in the question.