allometry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæləˌmɛtɹɪ/
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Etymology
From allo- + -metry.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Disproportionate growth of a part of a living organism in relation to the whole.
Some organs may grow faster than the rest of the body so that their size increases not only in absolute terms, but also relatively to the rest of the body, which is positive allometry; or they may grow more slowly than the rest of the body, and so decrease in relative size, which is negative allometry.
1983 May 5, Paul Harvey, Tim Clutton-Brock, “The Survival of the Theory”, in New Scientist, volume 98, number 1356, London: New Science Publications, →ISSN, page 313:
- (uncountable) The science studying the differential growth rates of the parts of a living organism.
Deriveds
hyperallometry · hypoallometry
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Translations (11)
fr allométrie (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts) · ga allaiméadracht (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts) · sv allometri (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts) · pl allometria (disproportionate growth of a part of a living organism in relation to the whole) · cs alometrie (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts) · pl alometria (disproportionate growth of a part of a living organism in relation to the whole) · pt alometria (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts) · ja アロメトリー (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts) · el αλλομετρία (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts) · ro alometrie (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts) · cmn 异速生长 (the science studying the differential growth rates of body parts)