accommodative
[ uh-kom-uh-dey-tiv ]
/ əˈkɒm əˌdeɪ tɪv /
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adjective
tending to accommodate; adaptive.
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Nearby words
- accommodation platform,
- accommodation reflex,
- accommodation train,
- accommodationist,
- accommodations,
- accommodative asthenopia,
- accommodator,
- accompaniment,
- accompanist,
- accompany
Origin of accommodative
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Examples from the Web for accommodative
We must place the same claims to the diagnosis of muscular asthenopia as to that of the accommodative form.
Schweigger on Squint|C. SchweiggerEarly distaste for reading is often acquired by farsighted persons, owing to the strain on the accommodative apparatus.
The diagnosis of accommodative asthenopia is as a rule confirmed ex juvantibus; this cannot be asserted for the muscular form.
Schweigger on Squint|C. Schweigger
accommodative
[ ə-kŏm′ə-dā′tĭv ]
adj.
Of or relating to accommodation.
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