accommodation of the eye
91Edmund Landolt — Infobox Scientist name = Edmund Landolt image width = birth date = birth date|1846|3|17|df=y birth place = Kirchberg, Switzerland death date = death date and age|1926|5|9|1846|0|0|df=y death place = Paris, France [… …
92accommodational — adjective of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye accommodational strain • Pertains to noun: ↑accommodation • Derivationally related forms: ↑accommodation * * * ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dāshənəl, shnəl adjective : relating to or caused by …
93Helmholtz, Hermann von — ▪ German scientist and philosopher Introduction original name Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz born Aug. 31, 1821, Potsdam, Prussia [Germany] died Sept. 8, 1894, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Ger. German scientist and philosopher who made… …
94physical science — physical scientist. 1. any of the natural sciences dealing with inanimate matter or with energy, as physics, chemistry, and astronomy. 2. these sciences collectively. [1835 45] * * * Introduction the systematic study of the inorganic world …
95ciliary muscle — Anat. the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye. See diag. under eye. [1875 80] * * * …
96far-point — /fahr poynt /, n. Ophthalm. the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed. Cf. near point. [1875 80] * * * …
97near-point — /near poynt /, n. Ophthalm. the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum. Cf. far point. [1875 80] * * * …
98far-point — far′ point n. oph the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed Compare near point • Etymology: 1875–80 …
99near-point — near′ point n. the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum Compare far point • Etymology: 1875–80 …
100far-point — /fahr poynt /, n. Ophthalm. the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed. Cf. near point. [1875 80] …
