Metamerism Definition

mĭ-tămə-rĭzəm
noun
The condition of having the body divided into metameres, apparent in certain animals only in the early embryonic stages of development.
American Heritage Medicine
The type of isomerism in which chemical compounds have identical proportions of the same elements and the same molecular weight, but have radicals differing in type or position, with resulting differences in chemical properties.
Webster's New World
The condition of being made up of metameres.
Webster's New World

(biology) The segmentation of the body into similar discrete units.

Wiktionary
(colorimetry) The matching of apparent color of objects with different spectral power distributions.
Whilst the new paint was a good metameric match under natural light, it looked odd under a fluorescent light.
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Other Word Forms of Metamerism

Noun

Singular:
metamerism
Plural:
metamerisms

Metamerism Sentence Examples

  • The development of the Cephalopoda affords at present no better evidence that the metamerism is secondary.

  • The internal organs are largely repeated metamerically, in correspondence with the external metamerism.

  • The Chaetopoda are characterized by a spacious coelom, which is divided into a series of chambers in accordance with the general metamerism of the body.

  • In the Oligochaeta there is a closer correspondence between external metamerism and the divisions of the coelom than is apparent in some Chaetopods.

  • In animals which exhibit typical segmentation or metamerism, such as segmented worms (Chaetopoda), each segment or metamere possesses its own coelomic cavity, a pair of coelomic ducts, and a pair of nephridia.

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