Accommodation

Adjustment, especially the process by which the eye adjusts itself to focus on near objects. At rest, the eye is focused for distant vision, when its lens is thin and flat. To make focusing on a nearer object possible, the ciliary muscle of the eye contracts, which reduces the pull on the outer rim of the lens, allowing it to become thicker and more convex. With age, the lens loses its elasticity. This makes accommodation more and more difficult and results in a form of longsightedness called presbyopia.