-mer
chemistry
a combining form meaning “member of a particular group”:
isomer.
compare -mere, -merous.
-mer
suffix
(chem) denoting a substance of a particular cl-ss monomer, polymer
word origin
from greek meros part
-mer suff.
variant of -mere.
-mere or -mer
a suffix meaning “part” or “segment,” as in blastomere, one of the cells that form a blastula.
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a combining form meaning “having parts” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: dimerous. compare -mer, -mere. -merous combining form (in biology) having a certain number or kind of parts dimerous word origin from greek meros part, division
- -meter
a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the names of instruments measuring quant-ty, extent, degree, etc.: altimeter; barometer. compare -metry. -meter combining form indicating an instrument for measuring barometer (prosody) indicating a verse having a specified number of feet pentameter word origin from greek metron measure -meter suff. measuring device: refractometer.
- -metric
a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter, (barometric) or -metry, (geometric).
- -metrics
a combining form with the meaning “the science of measuring” that specified by the initial element: biometrics; econometrics. -metrics suff. the application of statistics and mathematical -n-lysis to a field of study: biometrics.
- -metry
a combining form with the meaning “the process of measuring” that specified by the initial element: anthropometry; chronometry. -metry combining form indicating the process or science of measuring anthropometry, geometry derived forms -metric, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from old french -metrie, from latin -metria, from greek, from metron measure -metry suff. the process or science of […]