''Metamerism'' may refer to:
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Metamerism (biology)
In biology, metamerism is the phenomenon of having a linear series of body segments fundamentally similar in structure, though not all such structures are entirely alike in any single life form because some of them perform special functions.
In ...
, in zoology and developmental biology, the property of having repeated segments, as in annelids
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Metamerism (color)
In colorimetry, metamerism is a perceived matching of colors with different (nonmatching) spectral power distributions. Colors that match this way are called metamers.
A spectral power distribution describes the proportion of total light given ...
, in colorimetry, a perceived matching of colors that, based on differences in spectral power distribution, do not actually match
* In chemistry, the chemical property of having the same number and type of atomic components in different arrangements (see
structural isomer
In chemistry, a structural isomer (or constitutional isomer in the IUPAC nomenclature) of a compound is a compound that contains the same number and type of atoms, but with a different connectivity (i.e. arrangement of bonds) between them. The ...
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