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What is the adjustment of the eye in order to obtain a clear vision of objects at different distances called?


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Accommodation of the eye:

  1. The process by which certain muscles of the eye such as ciliary muscles function, to change the focal length of the eyes so that the image is clearly formed on the retina is called the accommodation of the eye.
  2. By the process of adjusting the focal length of the lens, the eye is changing its lens power as well.
  3. This process is called the accommodating power of the eye.

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