range of accommodation

range of accommodation
range of accommodation n the range through which accommodation is able to adjust the optical system of the eye so that an image falls in sharp focus on the retina: the distance between the near point and the far point of the eye

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the alteration in the refractive state of the eye produced by accommodation. It is the difference in diopters between the refraction by the eye adjusted for its far point and that when adjusted for its near point. Called also amplitude of accommodation.

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