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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OMMATIDIUM

Via New Latin from Greek ommatidion, from omma eye.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OMMATIDIUM

ommatidium  [ˌɒməˈtɪdɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OMMATIDIUM

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Ommatidium is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OMMATIDIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ommatidium

The compound eyes of arthropods like insects, crustaceans and millipedes are composed of units called ommatidia. An ommatidium contains a cluster of photoreceptor cells surrounded by support cells and pigment cells. The outer part of the ommatidium is overlaid with a transparent cornea. Each ommatidium is innervated by one axon and thus provides the brain with one picture element. The brain forms an image from these independent picture elements. The number of ommatidia in the eye depends upon the type of insect and ranges from just a handful in the primitive Archaeognatha and Thysanura to around 30 thousand in larger Anisoptera dragonflies and in some Sphingidae moths. Ommatidia are typically hexagonal in cross section and approximately ten times longer than wide. The diameter is largest at the surface, tapering toward the inner end. At the outer surface there is a cornea, below which is a pseudocone that acts to further focus the light. The cornea and pseudocone form the outer ten percent of the length of the ommatidium.

Definition of ommatidium in the English dictionary

The definition of ommatidium in the dictionary is any of the numerous cone-shaped units that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OMMATIDIUM


ascidium
əˈsɪdɪəm
aspidium
æsˈpɪdɪəm
caladium
kəˈleɪdɪəm
clostridium
klɒˈstrɪdɪəm
cryptosporidium
ˌkrɪptəʊspɔːˈrɪdɪəm
cymbidium
sɪmˈbɪdɪəm
idiom
ˈɪdɪəm
iridium
aɪˈrɪdɪəm
oidium
əʊˈɪdɪəm
oncidium
ɒnˈsɪdɪəm
palladium
pəˈleɪdɪəm
peridium
pəˈrɪdɪəm
platiniridium
ˌplætɪnɪˈrɪdɪəm
praesidium
prɪˈsɪdɪəm
presidium
prɪˈsɪdɪəm
pygidium
paɪˈdʒɪdɪəm
radium
ˈreɪdɪəm
rubidium
ruːˈbɪdɪəm
stadium
ˈsteɪdɪəm
vanadium
vəˈneɪdɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OMMATIDIUM

omit
omittance
omitted
omitter
omitting
omlah
OMM
ommateum
ommatidia
ommatidial
ommatophore
ommatophorous
Ommiad
omneity
omnia vincit amor
omniana
omniarch
omnibenevolence
omnibenevolent
omnibus

WORDS THAT END LIKE OMMATIDIUM

aecidium
antheridium
basidium
chromidium
coccidium
cormidium
ctenidium
glochidium
gonidium
hesperidium
medium
miracidium
nephridium
osmiridium
pycnidium
pycnoconidium
pyxidium
sphaeridium
sporidium
stichidium
venidium

Synonyms and antonyms of ommatidium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ommatidium» into 25 languages

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مقيلة
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омматидий
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омматидий
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Trends of use of ommatidium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OMMATIDIUM»

The term «ommatidium» is used very little and occupies the 152.755 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OMMATIDIUM» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OMMATIDIUM»

Discover the use of ommatidium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ommatidium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Studies on Excitation and Inhibition in the Retina: A ...
Each ommatidium has an optical aperture about 0.1 mm. in diameter; the facets are spaced approximately 0.3 mm. apart, center to center, on the surface of the eye. Each ommatidium has a "visual field" subtending a few square degrees of ...
Floyd Ratliff, 1974
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Animal Models in Eye Research
Externally, the eye appears as a regular hexagonal array of facets, which are the lenses of each ommatidium. This highly organized repetitive array of facets in the compound eye is a direct consequence of the underlying cellular lattice of cells ...
‎2011
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Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour
5' Scene Corneal .7 K Djmfl 3W lens > I. l Crystalline Lenses : ' cone Rhabdomeres Images on Photoreceptors Photorecéptofs Ommatidium (a) Lens i Lens Nucleus \I\ Photoreceptor Photoreceptor cell cell i Rhabdom Nucleus * >< Axons Axon ...
Peter Simmons, David Young, 2010
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Cockroaches as Models for Neurobiology
The structural unit of the retina is the ommatidium. The structure of an ommatidium is presented schematically in Figure 1 . The number of ommatidia per eye varies with age and species, but is about 2000 in an adult P. americana.
Ivan Huber, Edward P. Masler, Balakrishna R. Rao, 1990
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An Introduction to Neural Networks
The receptor cells in the ommatidium (retinula cells) respond to light with a small receptor potential. Then the output cell, the eccentric cell (named for its off-center position in the ommatidium, not for any behavioral peculiarities), responds by ...
James A. Anderson, 1995
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Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries
The bee's eye is able to recognise the plane of vibration of polarized light and can in consequence detect the position of the unseen sun if a spot of blue sky is visible [see von Frisch (11, pp. 88-109)]. Autrum suggests that each ommatidium of ...
Lynne D. Houck, Lee C. Drickamer, Animal Behavior Society, 1996
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
This arrangement is thought to make for a sharper image focused on the rhabdom of the photoreceptor cells in a particular ommatidium. When light is very dim, sharpness of vision may not be as important as perception of form and movement.
John L. Capinera, 2008
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Biology in Physics: Is Life Matter?
Is Life Matter? Konstantin Bogdanov. isolated from each other. In this case the lens of each ommatidium forms the inverted image of an object on the face of the corresponding rhabdom. The compound eye can operate in the second mode ...
Konstantin Bogdanov, 2000
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Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceans: ...
Table 7.1 Some optical properties of an ommatidium of the compound eye of Daphnia Authors Receptive field angle Central zones Heberdey and Kupka ( 1941) 45◦ 13◦ Young and Downing (1976) 35◦ 10◦ Frost (1975) <15◦ Consi et al. ( 1990) ...
Joop Ringelberg, 2009
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The Invertebrates
The diameters of the lenses are 32 /ttn. so each ommatidium is set at an angle 32 /1200 = 0.027 radians (1.5°) to the next. The eye is presumably unable to distinguish objects separated by angles less than this: a bee viewing a page 30 cm ...
R. McNeill Alexander, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OMMATIDIUM»

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Seeing triple
In Dr Floreano's arrangement, by contrast, each of the vertices of the triangle of detectors inside a single ommatidium can pair with each of the ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
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Which animal has the most sensitive eyes?
In insects that fly during the day, each ommatidium has a sleeve of pigment that absorbs excessive light, ensuring they don't get dazzled. «BBC News, Feb 15»
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MAPPING NEURAL CONNECTIONS
“The whole thing is absolutely crystalline in its arrangement,” Meinertzhagen says, with regular columns of neurons underlying each eye facet, or ommatidium. «BioTechniques.com, Nov 14»
4
Image sensor based on mantis shrimp vision detects cancer
The image sensor mimics that of the compound eye of the mantis shrimp, which contains a group of individual photocells called an ommatidium ... «Vision Systems Design, Oct 14»
5
Stroudsburg grad uses fellowship to study butterflies
Joyce, a senior, and her faculty mentor Marc Seid, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, researched “Ommatidium Structure and Development ... «Pocono Record, Aug 14»
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Guido LaPorta, Greater Pennsylvania Education Foundation
Senior Elizabeth Joyce of Stroudsburg and her faculty mentor, Marc Seid, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, will research “Ommatidium ... «Citizens Voice, Aug 14»
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Digital Agenda: Swiss, French & German scientists develop …
Each ommatidium is composed of a lens (172 microns), combined with an electronic pixel (30 microns). These sensors have advanced optical ... «EU News, Aug 13»
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Insect Paparazzi: Eye of the Dragon
... dragonflies. Each ommatidium is a like a single pixel that makes up the dragonfly's visual world, and some dragonflies have nearly 30,000. «Scientific American, Jul 13»
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Biologists: Starfish See with Compound Eyes on Their Arms
Each red cup corresponds to a single optical unit, ommatidium (Dan-Erik Nilsson / Lund University). “From an evolutionary point of view it is ... «Sci-News.com, Jul 13»
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Starfish have eyes at the tips of their arms
Each red cup corresponds to a single optical unit, ommatidium, in an arthropod compound eye. Photo credit: Dan-Erik Nilsson, Lund University. «EarthSky, Jul 13»

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