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单词 metameric
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Definition of metameric in English:

metameric

adjective ˌmɛtəˈmɛrɪkˌmɛdəˈmɛrɪk
Zoology
  • Relating to or consisting of several similar segments or somites.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Indeed, there is: somites in metameric animals usually form sequentially from a posterior growth zone, a process found again in all three branches of the bilaterians.
    • Notably, the oldest known Early Cambrian chordate Yunnanozoon had its metameric muscular units located dorsally of the notochord, although its body was laterally compressed.
    • The term iteration is used to denote processes that result in both metameric segments and repeated ectodermal skeletal structures.
    • The body divided into a distinct cephalon and metameric trunk.
    • An organism is considered metameric when its body is mostly formed of serially repeated anatomical units called metameres.

Derivatives

  • metamer

  • noun ˈmɛtəməˈmɛdəmər
    Zoology
    • Although we did not monitor leaf loss, we did not find a differential influence of ozone on internode length and number of metamers, since both of these parameters changed in parallel to shoot length.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Finally, a linear relationship was established between the total number of extended metamers per branch in year 2 and the number of axillary annual shoots developed from these metamers in year 3.
      • Mean values for leaf volume, pith volume and the leaf volume: pith volume ratio for metamers located in different axis parts for individuals at different developmental stages
      • In the case of physical surfaces there are metamers, i.e objects with very different reflectance curves that have identical appearances of color.
      • While most vegetative metamers have short internodes, metamers that form at the end of the vegetative phase have elongated ones.
  • metamerically

  • adverb
    Zoology
  • metamerism

  • noun mɪˈtamərɪz(ə)mməˈtæməˌrɪzəm
    Zoology
    • Whether this resemblance indicates a close relationship between monoplacophorans and phyla exhibiting true metamerism is an open question.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I especially liked the coverage of metamerism as it explains to the user why the perception of similar colors varies under different lighting conditions.
      • On the other hand, we cannot rule out that full metamerism evolved as a progressively coordinated repetition of organs and intermediate situation can still exist in extant organisms.
      • Most provocative of all the Ediacaran forms are those exhibiting real or apparent metamerism.
      • Tagmosis can ultimately lead to the outright fusion of neighbouring segments and the loss of apparent metamerism, as seen for the arthropod head.
 
 

Definition of metameric in US English:

metameric

adjectiveˌmedəˈmerikˌmɛdəˈmɛrɪk
  • 1Zoology
    Relating to or consisting of several similar segments or somites.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The body divided into a distinct cephalon and metameric trunk.
    • The term iteration is used to denote processes that result in both metameric segments and repeated ectodermal skeletal structures.
    • Indeed, there is: somites in metameric animals usually form sequentially from a posterior growth zone, a process found again in all three branches of the bilaterians.
    • Notably, the oldest known Early Cambrian chordate Yunnanozoon had its metameric muscular units located dorsally of the notochord, although its body was laterally compressed.
    • An organism is considered metameric when its body is mostly formed of serially repeated anatomical units called metameres.
  • 2Chemistry
    dated Having the same proportional composition and molecular weight, but different functional groups and chemical properties; isomeric.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And chemists use meta - to differentiate certain metameric chemical compounds (such as metacresol, paracresol, orthocresol).
 
 
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