Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound which is metameric, or exhibits the property of metamerism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or of different substances having the same composition; ; an isomer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Either of a number of
molecules that mutually exhibitmetamerism .
Etymologies
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meta- + -mer.
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Examples
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If one considers two body territories belonging to the same metamer, distal and proximal, the conduction velocities of the fibers that triggered the sensations can then be measured.
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