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• refracting superposition eyes
  • URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/refracting_superposition_eyes
  • Definition: superposition compound eyes where each ommatidium is equipped with a lens cylinder arrangement, producing the equivalent of a pair of lenses, with the first lens producing a small image halfway down the structure and the second lens turning the image back into a parallel beam. In the process the ray direction is reversed. Thus, the emerging beam is on the same side of the axis as the entering beam—the condition for obtaining a superposition image from the whole array.
  • Attribution: https://www.britannica.com/science/photoreception/Superposition-eyes#ref278829
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