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metameric

1. (Science: chemistry) 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.

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

2. (Science: biology) Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as, metameric segmentation.

Origin: Pref. Meta- _ Gr. Part.