allometricadj.

1911 H. F. Osborn in Science 26 May 826/1 Changes of proportion. This comprehends one of the most important and significant parts of titanothere evolution. Such change it is proposed to designate as ‘allometric’, and new parts originating in this way may be termed ‘allometrons’.

1940 G. R. de Beer Embryos & Ancestors iv. 25 The relative growth-rates of the allometric organ and of the body remain constant during long periods.

1978 Nature 5 Oct. 466/1 In higher forms life span and survivorship can be expressed in terms of allometric and Gompertz equations.

2007 A. K. Scaggs New Res. Forest Ecol. viii. 177 Figure 26 shows the allometric relationship of leaf area u to whole seedling dry weight w.

1939 Proc. Royal Soc. 1938–9 B. 126 473 During a considerable part of the time during which the body weight of the rhesus monkey is increasing from 2000 to 6000 g., the mammary gland grows faster than the rest of the body (i.e. allometrically, Huxley and Teissier 1936).

1966 D. D. Davis & R. Zangerl tr. W. Hennig Phylogenetic Systematics ii. 100 In positive allometry, ‘the larger the body becomes, the larger does the allometrically growing organ become’.

2011 Fisheries Res. 109 55/1 This is examined by carrying out discriminant analyses on shape, form and allometrically standardised data (i.e. by standardising fish fork length and allometrically adjusting shape accordingly).