metameric

• Adjectif utilisé principalement en biologie et en chimie pour décrire ce qui est composé de segments ou d'unités répétés (métamères), ou en science de la couleur pour décrire des couleurs qui paraissent identiques sous certaines conditions d'éclairage mais ont des compositions spectrales différentes.

An obsolete adjective primarily used in biology and chemistry to describe something that is composed of repeated segments or units (metameres), or in color science to describe colors that appear identical under certain lighting conditions but have different spectral compositions.

1. Segmented body structureC2formalscientific

   Describing an organism with a body divided into repeating units called metameres, as seen in annelids (earthworms) and arthropods (lobsters).

   métamérique (structure segmentée)

   • Annelids, such as earthworms, are metameric, each segment containing similar organs.
   • The lobster's metameric exoskeleton allows for flexible movement.
   • Metameric segmentation is a key feature in the evolution of complex body plans.
   • Scientists study metameric development to understand how limbs and appendages form.

   Synonymessegmentalsegmented