different between tagma vs metamerism

tagma

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (tágma, something which has been ordered or arranged).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tæ?.m?/

Noun

tagma (plural tagmata)

  1. (anatomy) A specialized grouping of arthropodan segments, such as the head, the thorax, and the abdomen with a common function.
  2. (historical) A military unit of battalion or regiment size, in the Byzantine empire of the 8th - 11th centuries.

Coordinate terms

  • mesosoma

Derived terms

  • tagmosis
  • tagmatization

Anagrams

  • MAGAt, Magat

Spanish

Noun

tagma m (plural tagmas)

  1. (anatomy) tagma

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metamerism

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

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