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Metamerism
Me-tam′er-ism
,Noun.
1.
(Biol.)
The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.
2.
(Chem.)
The state or quality of being metameric; isomerism due to different bonding patterns in two substances having the same molecular formula. Contrasted with
steroisomerism
or optical isomerism
. Also, the relation or condition of metameric compounds. Definition 2024
metamerism
metamerism
English
Noun
metamerism (usually uncountable, plural metamerisms)
- (biology) The segmentation of the body into similar discrete units
- (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.
- (chemistry) structural isomerism