metamer

[ met-uh-mer ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.

metamer

/ ˈmɛtəmə /

noun

1. any of two or more isomeric compounds exhibiting metamerism

Word History and Origins

Origin of metamer¹

First recorded in 1880–85; meta- + -mer

Example Sentences

Humans recognized the metamers that produced the same activation as the corresponding audio clips in the early stages of the neural network.

From Quanta Magazine

In one striking demonstration of those limitations, the graduate student Jenelle Feather and others in McDermott’s lab focused on metamers, which are physically distinct input signals that produce the same representation in a system.

From Quanta Magazine