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In myopia or short sightedness

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Explain myopia or short sighteness with a neat labelled diagram

Assertion : Concave lens is used to correct myopia or short-sightedness. Reason : A concave lens of suitable focal length diverges the parallel rays from the distant objects as if they are coming from the far point of the myopic eye. This helps the eye lens to form a clear image at the retina.

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Find the odd word out: Long-sightedness, myopia, short sightedness, near sightedness.

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A person suffering from the eye-defect myopia (short-sightedness) can see clearly only up to a distance of 2 meters. What is the nature and power of lens required to rectify this defect ?

Does short sightedness (myopia) or long sightedness (hypermetropia) imply necessarily that the eye has partially lost its ability of accomodation ? If not, what might cause these defects of vision ?

What is the far point of a person suffering from hypermetropia (or short-sightedness) ?