meristicadj.

Brit.

/məˈrɪstɪk/, U.S.

/məˈrɪstɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μεριστός , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μεριστός divided, divisible ( < μερίζειν to divide: see merismus n.) + -ic suffix; compare -istic suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek μεριστικός able to divide. With sense 2 compare merism n. and French méristique (20th cent.).

†1. Relating to the division or distribution of property. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1872 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris §110 Law is either archic, (of direction), meristic, (of division), or critic, (of judgment)... Meristic law is that of balance and distribution: it defines what is and is not to be possessed.

2. Biology. Of, relating to, or of the nature of merism; affecting the pattern or number of similar parts occurring in the body of an organism.

ΚΠ

1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 22 These numerical and geometrical, or, as I propose to call them, meristic changes.

1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 24 The tarsus of a Cockroach..may, through meristic variation, be divided into only four joints.

1911 Jrnl. Morphol. 22 865 Meristic variation of the elements of the nine bands of armor.

1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 438 This fishery is also largely based on the Norwegian spring spawning stock, as judged from the close correspondence in year-class strength and in meristic and scale type characters between the catches.

1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) i. 2/1 The phenomenon of metamerism is equated with the meristic segmentation of a bilaterally symmetrical elongate body.

3. Botany. Of a gametophyte of a fern: that has a meristem, and is capable of producing oogonia as well as antheridia. Also: of, relating to, or of the nature of such a meristem. Contrasted with ameristic adj. 1. [After German meristisch (K. Prantl 1879, in Flora 61 499).]

ΚΠ

1905 I. B. Balfour tr. C. E. von Goebel Organogr. Plants II. 207 As the tissue of the cushion retains for a long time its meristic quality, the cushion often projects lobe-like beyond the margin of the prothallus.

1911 Science 3 Feb. 192/1 They produced the meristic, heart-shaped, secondary gametophytes with their archegonia.

1971 BioScience 21 321/3 Such samples of spores yielded meristic and ameristic gametophytes.

2003 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 164 297/2 Male prothalli may be meristic or ameristic in all three species.

Derivatives

meˈristically adv.

ΚΠ

1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 26 The Similar Variation of Parts which are repeated Meristically in Series.

1983 Systematic Zool. 32 371/1 This analysis also allowed us to determine how distinct these fishes are meristically in canonical space.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meristic
释义	meristicadj. Brit. /məˈrɪstɪk/, U.S. /məˈrɪstɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μεριστός , -ic suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek μεριστός divided, divisible ( < μερίζειν to divide: see merismus n.) + -ic suffix; compare -istic suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek μεριστικός able to divide. With sense 2 compare merism n. and French méristique (20th cent.). †1. Relating to the division or distribution of property. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1872 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris §110 Law is either archic, (of direction), meristic, (of division), or critic, (of judgment)... Meristic law is that of balance and distribution: it defines what is and is not to be possessed. 2. Biology. Of, relating to, or of the nature of merism; affecting the pattern or number of similar parts occurring in the body of an organism. ΚΠ 1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 22 These numerical and geometrical, or, as I propose to call them, meristic changes. 1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 24 The tarsus of a Cockroach..may, through meristic variation, be divided into only four joints. 1911 Jrnl. Morphol. 22 865 Meristic variation of the elements of the nine bands of armor. 1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 438 This fishery is also largely based on the Norwegian spring spawning stock, as judged from the close correspondence in year-class strength and in meristic and scale type characters between the catches. 1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) i. 2/1 The phenomenon of metamerism is equated with the meristic segmentation of a bilaterally symmetrical elongate body. 3. Botany. Of a gametophyte of a fern: that has a meristem, and is capable of producing oogonia as well as antheridia. Also: of, relating to, or of the nature of such a meristem. Contrasted with ameristic adj. 1. [After German meristisch (K. Prantl 1879, in Flora 61 499).] ΚΠ 1905 I. B. Balfour tr. C. E. von Goebel Organogr. Plants II. 207 As the tissue of the cushion retains for a long time its meristic quality, the cushion often projects lobe-like beyond the margin of the prothallus. 1911 Science 3 Feb. 192/1 They produced the meristic, heart-shaped, secondary gametophytes with their archegonia. 1971 BioScience 21 321/3 Such samples of spores yielded meristic and ameristic gametophytes. 2003 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 164 297/2 Male prothalli may be meristic or ameristic in all three species. Derivatives meˈristically adv. ΚΠ 1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation 26 The Similar Variation of Parts which are repeated Meristically in Series. 1983 Systematic Zool. 32 371/1 This analysis also allowed us to determine how distinct these fishes are meristically in canonical space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1872
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