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metamer

[met-uh-mer]
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noun Chemistry.
  1. a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
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Origin of metamer

First recorded in 1880–85; meta- + -mer
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British Dictionary definitions for metamer

metamer

noun
  1. any of two or more isomeric compounds exhibiting metamerism
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metamer in Medicine

metamer

(mĕt′ə-mər)
n.
  1. A compound that contains the same number and type of atoms as other compounds but with a different distribution of radicals.
  2. A color that appears to the eye to be identical to another color but which in fact has a different spectral composition.
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