ommatidia
- plural of ommatidium.
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So Rogers and his team embedded the artificial ommatidia in a flexible rubber sheet and wired them together with stretchable silicon circuits.
From Science Magazine ● May 1, 2013
"We moved completely away from glass optics," Rogers says, making even smaller ommatidia a possibility.
From Science Magazine ● May 1, 2013
These units, called ommatidia, are essentially self-contained minieyes.
From Science Magazine ● May 1, 2013
She gazed at the offensive growths emanating from her head, past her fine ommatidia and voluptuous proboscis, down to her admittedly elegant legs.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 15, 2012
In most cases this cornea is divided into lenticular facets corresponding to the underlying ommatidia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
