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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
metameric
    adj 1: having the body divided into successive metameres or
           segments, as in earthworms or lobsters [syn: metameric,
           segmental, segmented]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
isomeric \i`so*mer"ic\ ([imac]`s[-o]*m[e^]r"[i^]k), a. [Iso- +
   Gr. me`ros part: cf. F. isom['e]rique.] (Chem.)
   Having the same chemical composition and molecular weight;
   having the same number of atoms of each kind in the molecule;
   -- said of chemical compounds with known chemical
   composition. This property used to be called metameric to
   distinguish it from other forms of isomerism.
   [PJC]

   Note: Formerly the term isomeric applied also to comopounds
         having the same percentage chemical composition, even
         if the number of atoms in a molecule differed. In the
         1913 dictionary isomeric was defined as:
         "Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two
         or more different substances which contain the same
         ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often
         used with with. Specif.:
   (a) Polymeric; i. e., having the same elements united in the
       same proportion by weight, but with different molecular
       weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric
       (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See
       Polymeric.
   (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the
       same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular
       weight, but with a different structure or arrangement of
       the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether
       are isomeric (metameric) with each other in this sense.
       See Metameric."
       [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Metameric \Met`a*mer"ic\, a. [Pref. meta- + Gr. ? part.]
   1. (Chem.) Having the same molecular formula, but possessing
      a different bonding structure and different properties;
      as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric
      compounds. See Isomeric.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: The existence of metameric compounds is due to
         different arrangements of the same atoms in the
         molecule.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation;
      as, metameric segmentation.
      [1913 Webster]

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