accommodation
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7.2
- noun
- /əˌkɑːməˈdeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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acomodación
- Through accommodation, the lens of the eye adjusts its shape to maintain clear vision at various distances.
- visual accommodation
- active visual accommodation
Many animals judge depth by moving their head, not by using other mechanisms of accommodation.
- Many animals judge depth by moving their head, not by using other mechanisms of accommodation.
Examples
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The eye's accommodation allows it to focus on nearby and distant objects clearly.
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With accommodation, persons with visual disabilities can fill these effectively.
Academic text (1995) -
Future research should also focus specifically on the impact of active visual accommodations and other components of the intervention separately.
Academic text (2008) -
The specific passive and active visual accommodations for each participant are presented in Table 2.
Academic text (2008) -
Additional findings included the beneficial impact of active visual accommodations on the level of accuracy of the participants' choices.
Academic text (2008) -
Active visual accommodations alone may provide educators and parents with simple ways to assist children in seeing their world with limited vision, making both systematic instruction and incidental learning more effective.
Academic text (2008) -
Because of their limited number of pixels, electronic displays have an optimum viewing distance, which depends on the lighting and on the visual acuity and accommodation of the observer.
Academic text (1992) -
The accommodation of the eye changes as we move from reading a book to looking at the horizon.
Synonyms
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The process when a sense organ becomes less sensitive to light or sound
The eye automatically changes the lens shape to focus on near and far objects
To make a picture clear by moving a camera or lens
To bring attention to one part so it becomes clearer
Compounds
- Specialized
A person who signs a loan document as a favor without payment
- Specialized
The eye automatically changes the lens shape to focus on near and far objects
- Specialized
A portable stair that hangs over the side of a ship to let people get to a boat or pier
Surface Forms
Morphology
accommodation = accommodate (semi-transparent) = accommodate + ion
The physiological sense is a technical extension of 'adjust' (focusing of the eye) and may not be obvious to learners without subject knowledge.
Etymology
Accommodation comes from the Latin verb accommodare meaning 'to make fit', which is the same root as accommodate. In the eye, accommodation is the lens changing shape to 'fit' and focus on things near or far.