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meristic, a. Biol.|məˈrɪstɪk| [f. merism: see -istic. Cf. Gr. µεριστικός pertaining to division.] Pertaining to the phenomena of merism. Hence meˈristically adv., in a meristic manner.
1894Bateson Materials Study Variation 22 These numerical and geometrical, or, as I propose to call them, meristic changes. Ibid. 24 The tarsus of a Cockroach..may, through meristic variation, be divided into only four joints. Ibid. 26 The Similar Variation of Parts which are repeated Meristically in Series. |