anisomerous

Adjective

anisomerous (not comparable)

1. Varying in number or amount of parts.
   • The Elephants with hypisomerous-ridged molars are divisible into the two natural groups, Stegodon and Loxodon; the anisomerous species form a third natural group, for which, as already explained, the term Euelephas is proposed.1868, Hugh Falconer, Charles Murchison, Palæontological Memoirs and Notes of the Late Hugh Falconer, page 82
   • As an example, in the members of the sub-genus Euelephas, and notably the Elephas primigenius and Elephas Asiaticus, the ciphers of whose molars, he states, are precisely alike in number, he formulates their ridges in upper and lower teeth thus:—4+8+12::12+16+24, showing that, with the exception of...1881, Palaeontographical Society - Volume 43, page 77
2. Having the number of floral organs unequal.
   • A plant with four petals and six stamens is anisomerous.
   • Tamarix flowers are anisomerous ( a flower having an unequal number of petals, stamens , or other floral parts). It is possible to find in one raceme anisomerous flowers with different numbers of sepals, petals, stamens, and so on, without any numerical correlation between the organs.2019, Amram Eshel, Chingiz Alekperov, Dafna Langgut, and Israel Oren, “Pollen Morphology of the Genus Tamarix in Israel”, in Bilquees Gul, Benno Böer, M. Ajmal Khan, editor, Sabkha Ecosystems: Volume...
3. Reflecting a nonuniform composition; indicative of differing parts.
   • In gravel and anisomerous sand (substrate type I), we found 25 species of nematodes dominated by M. paracircumscriptus and M. itoi; the dominating trophic assemblage was "predators" (2B, 43.2 %).2006, Russian Journal of Marine Biology - Volume 32, Issues 1-3, page 8
   • In forgings where the fracture is very anisomerous (Figure 6.33 , curve 2b), the grain faces are clearly expressed.2016, Olga Grushko, Boris Ovsyannikov, Viktor Ovchinnokov, Aluminum-Lithium Alloys, page 156
4. Changing in a non-uniform manner; Having different parts change by different amounts.
   • Through these anisomerous changes the strongly benthonic body shrinks to seventy-five per cent of the length of the head shield.1935, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volumes 21-22, page 5
   • In gravel and anisomerous sand (substrate type I), we found 25 species of nematodes dominated by M. paracircumscriptus and M. itoi; the dominating trophic assemblage was "predators" (2B, 43.2 %).2006, Russian Journal of Marine Biology - Volume 32, Issues 1-3, page 8