ALL meanings of metamerism
me·tam·er·ism
M m - noun metamerism Zoology. division into metameres, the developmental process of somite formation. existence in a metameric state. 1
- noun metamerism Chemistry. isomerism resulting from the attachment of different groups to the same atom, as C 2 H 5 NHC 2 H 5 and CH 3 NHC 3 H 7 . 1
- noun metamerism the division of an animal into similar segments (metameres). In many vertebrates it is confined to the embryonic nervous and muscular systems 0
- noun metamerism a type of isomerism in which molecular structures differ by the attachment of different groups to the same atom, as in CH3OC3H7 and C2H5OC2H5 0
- noun metamerism 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 0
- noun metamerism the condition of being made up of metameres 0