metamerism
nounThe condition of having the body divided into metameres, apparent in certain animals only in the early embryonic stages of development.
nounIn chem., a form of isomerism, that property of certain compound bodies by which they have the same chemical elements combined in the same proportion and with the same molecular weight, while differingin chemical properties.
nounIn zoology, a metameric condition; the state of being metameric; segmentation of the body of an animal along the primary or longitudinal axis, resulting in a series of more or less similar consecutive parts which are serially homologous. See metamere, antimere.
nounThe symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.
nounThe state or quality of being metameric; isomerism due to different bonding patterns in two substances having the same molecular formula. Contrasted with
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The matching of apparent color of objects with different spectral power distributions.
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