Metamerism Definition

mĭ-tămə-rĭzəm
noun
The condition of having the body divided into metameres, apparent in certain animals only in the early embryonic stages of development.
American Heritage Medicine
The type of isomerism in which chemical compounds have identical proportions of the same elements and the same molecular weight, but have radicals differing in type or position, with resulting differences in chemical properties.
Webster's New World
The condition of being made up of metameres.
Webster's New World

(biology) The segmentation of the body into similar discrete units.

Wiktionary
(colorimetry) The matching of apparent color of objects with different spectral power distributions.
Whilst the new paint was a good metameric match under natural light, it looked odd under a fluorescent light.
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Singular:
metamerism
Plural:
metamerisms

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