'Metamerism' definitions:
Definition of 'Metamerism'
From: GCIDE
- Metamerism \Me*tam"er*ism\, n.
- 1. (Biol.) The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]