English-Thai Dictionary

metamer

N สารประกอบ ที่ มี ลักษณะ แบบ  metamerism

 

metamere

N ส่วน ของ ร่างกาย สัตว์ บาง ชนิด ตามยาว  somite

 

metameric

A ที่ ประกอบด้วย  metameres เกี่ยวกับ ลักษณะ ของ  metamerism

 

metamerism

N กระบวนการ สร้าง  metamere การ แบ่ง ออก เป็น  metameres

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METAMER

Met "a *mer, n. Etym: [See Metamere. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or of different substances having the same composition; as, xylene has three metamers, viz. , orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene.

 

METAMERE

Met "a *mere, n. Etym: [Pref. meta- + -mere. ] (Biol.)

 

Defn: One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva.

 

METAMERIC

Met `a *mer "ic, a. Etym: [Pref. meta- + Gr.

 

1. (Chem. )

 

Defn: Having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric.

 

Note: The existence of metameric compounds is due to the different arrangement of the same constituents in the molecule.

 

2. (Biol.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as, metameric segmentation.

 

METAMERICALLY

METAMERICALLY Met `a *mer "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a metameric manner.

 

METAMERISM

METAMERISM Me *tam "er *ism, n.

 

1. (Biol.)

 

Defn: The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.

 

2. (Chem. )

 

Defn: The state or quality of being metameric; also, the relation or condition of metameric compounds.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

metamere

met a mere |ˈmetəmi (ə )r ˈmɛdəmɪər | ▶noun Zoology another term for somite. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from meta- ‘together with ’ + Greek meros ‘part. ’

 

metameric

met a mer ic |ˌmetəˈmerik ˌmɛdəˈmɛrɪk | ▶adjective 1 Zoology of, relating to, or consisting of several similar segments or somites. 2 Chemistry, dated having the same proportional composition and molecular weight, but different functional groups and chemical properties; isomeric. DERIVATIVES met a mer |ˈmetəmər |noun me tam er ism |məˈtaməˌrizəm |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

metamere

metamere |ˈmɛtəmɪə | ▶noun Zoology another term for somite. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from meta- ‘together with ’ + Greek meros ‘part ’.

 

metameric

metameric |ˌmɛtəˈmɛrɪk | ▶adjective Zoology relating to or consisting of several similar segments or somites. DERIVATIVES metamer |ˈmɛtəmə |noun metamerism |mɪˈtamərɪz (ə )m |noun

 

Duden Dictionary

metamer

me ta mer Adjektiv Biologie |metam e r |griechisch-neulateinisch in hintereinanderliegende, gleichartige Abschnitte gegliedert; die Metamerie betreffend

 

Metameren

Me ta me ren Pluralwort , die |Metam e ren |die Metameren (Plural ) gleichartige Körperabschnitte in der Längsachse des Tierkörpers

 

Metamerie

Me ta me rie Substantiv, feminin , die |Metamer ie |die Metamerie; Genitiv: der Metamerie 1 Gliederung des Tierkörpers in hintereinanderliegende Abschnitte mit sich wiederholenden Organen 2 Eigenschaft spektral unterschiedlicher Farbreize, die gleiche Farbempfindung auszulösen

 

Spanish Dictionary

metámero

metámero nombre masculino zool Cada uno de los anillos o segmentos en que se divide el cuerpo de los anélidos y los artrópodos :los metámeros se separan internamente entre sí por medio de tabiques .