mắt kép

Ong có mắt kép giúp chúng nhìn thấy chuyển động rất tốt.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Compound eye: A visual organ found in many arthropods, such as insects and crustaceans, consisting of numerous small, repeating visual units called ommatidia. Each ommatidium contributes a small part of the total image, creating a mosaic-like view.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ong có mắt kép giúp chúng nhìn thấy chuyển động rất tốt. (Bees have compound eyes that help them see movement very well.)
  • Mắt kép của con chuồn chuồn có hàng nghìn đơn vị nhỏ. (The dragonfly's compound eye has thousands of small units.)
  • Các nhà khoa học nghiên cứu mắt kép để phát triển camera mới. (Scientists study the compound eye to develop new cameras.)

Advanced Usage

• The structure of the mắt kép is a classic example of an adaptation in invertebrate zoology and is often studied in biomimetics for designing wide-angle lenses.

Variants and Related Words

• Mắt đơn (n): Simple eye (ocellus). A type of eye with a single lens, found in some arthropods alongside or instead of compound eyes.
  • Nhiều côn trùng có cả mắt kép và mắt đơn. (Many insects have both compound eyes and simple eyes.)

Synonyms

• Compound eye: The direct and most common English equivalent.
• Faceted eye: A less common synonym emphasizing the multi-lensed surface.

Related Terms

• Ommatidium (n): One of the tiny individual light-sensitive units that make up a compound eye.
  • Mỗi ommatidium trong mắt kép hoạt động như một thấu kính nhỏ. (Each ommatidium in a compound eye acts like a tiny lens.)