different between structural vs metamerism

English

Etymology

19th century; structure +? -al

Adjective

structural (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or having structure.
2. Involving the mechanics of construction.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

structural (plural structurals)

1. Structural steel, used in construction.
   • 1982, United States International Trade Commission, Certain carbon steel products from Spain (page A-49)

     Freight differentials often increased the spread in favor of the imported structurals. Purchasers repeatedly emphasized that their purchases of imported structurals were split among a number of sources, including Spain, France, West Germany, […]

Further reading

• "structural" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 301.

French

Adjective

structural (feminine singular structurale, masculine plural structuraux, feminine plural structurales)

1. structural

Further reading

• “structural” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French structural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?struk.tu?ral/

Adjective

structural m or n (feminine singular structural?, masculine plural structurali, feminine and neuter plural structurale)

1. structural

Declension

Related terms

• structur?

English

Etymology

From ???? (metá, “among”) + ???????? (merismós, “rationing”) (< ????? (méros, “part”) + -????? (-ismós, “-ism”)).

Noun

metamerism (usually uncountable, plural metamerisms)

1. (biology) The segmentation of the body into similar discrete units.
2. (colorimetry) The matching of apparent color of objects with different spectral power distributions.
3. (chemistry) Structural isomerism.

Related terms

• metamer
• metamere
• metameric