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METAMERISMO [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

Metameric colour stimuli are spectrally different radiations that produce the same colour under the same viewing conditions. The corresponding property is called metamerism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

Les stimuli de couleurs métamères sont des rayonnements de composition spectrale différente produisant la même couleur dans les mêmes conditions de vision : La propriété correspondante est appelée métamérisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
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Record 2 2003-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

The most distinguishing characteristic of the phylum [Annelida] is metamerism, the division of the body into similar parts, or segments, which are arranged in a linear series along the anteroposterior axis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

L'existence sur la larve [d'un Annélide] d'une zone de prolifération située en arrière du soma, et qui se développe en donnant de nombreux segments, contribue à réaliser la métamérie si caractéristique de cet embranchement, en augmentant l'allongement de l'animal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
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