Definitions for compound eye
com·pound eye

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1. compound eyenoun

   in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image

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1. compound eyenoun

   A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units.

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1. Compound eye

   A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It may consist of thousands of ommatidia, which are tiny independent photoreception units that consist of a cornea, lens, and photoreceptor cells which distinguish brightness and color. The image perceived by this arthropod eye is a combination of inputs from the numerous ommatidia, which are oriented to point in slightly different directions. Compared with single-aperture eyes, compound eyes have poor image resolution; however, they possess a very large view angle and the ability to detect fast movement and, in some cases, the polarization of light. Because a compound eye is made up of a collection of ommatidia, each with its own lens, light will enter each ommatidium instead of using a single entrance point. The individual light receptors behind each lens are then turned on and off due to a series of changes in the light intensity during movement or when an object in moving, creating a flicker-effect known as the flicker frequency, which is the rate at which the ommotadia are turned on and off– this facilitates faster reaction to movement; honey bees respond in 0.01s compared with 0.05s for humans .

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1. compound eye

   A compound eye is a type of vision organ found in certain arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It is made up of many small, repeating units called ommatidia, each of which functions as a separate photoreceptor. This type of eye allows for a wide field of view and the ability to detect movement quickly, but usually offers less detail than the single-aperture eyes found in mammals and birds.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of compound eye in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of compound eye in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Compound_Eye
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_Eye
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