Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to accommodation of the eye: Pertaining to the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus on objects at different distances.
   • Concerning adjustment or adaptation: In a broader, less common sense, relating to the act of accommodating or making suitable adjustments.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Prolonged reading can cause accommodational strain. (This describes eye fatigue related to the focusing mechanism.)
  • The optometrist tested his accommodational ability. (This refers to the eye's capacity to focus.)
  • The study measured accommodational responses to different light levels. (This describes reactions related to the eye's focusing adjustment.)

Advanced Usage

• "Accommodational facility": Refers to the ease and speed with which the eyes can change focus between near and far objects.
  • Good accommodational facility is important for athletes in fast-paced sports.
• "Accommodational insufficiency": A condition where the eye has difficulty focusing on near objects for a sustained period.
  • The student's headaches were diagnosed as accommodational insufficiency.

Variants and Related Words

• Accommodate (verb): To provide space for; to adapt or adjust.
  • The hotel can accommodate 300 guests.
• Accommodation (noun): The process of adjustment, especially of the eye; also, a place to live or stay.
  • The eye's accommodation allows us to see clearly at various distances.
  • We found accommodation in the city center.
• Accommodative (adjective): Another adjective form, often used interchangeably with "accommodational" in medical/optical contexts.
  • The patient showed a normal accommodative response.

Synonyms

• Adaptive: Having the ability to adjust to different conditions.
• Focal: Relating to a focus or center of activity, especially of vision.

Related Phrases

• Accommodative spasm: A condition where the eye's focusing muscle remains in a state of contraction.
  • The blurry vision was caused by an accommodative spasm.
• Accommodative-convergence relationship: The neurological link between the eye's focusing system and its system for turning the eyes inward to look at near objects.
  • The optometrist assessed the accommodative-convergence relationship during the exam.

Adjective

1. of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye
   • accommodational strain