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hyperallometric

hyperallometric adjective: that grows at a more than an allometric rate.

Adjective

hyperallometric (not comparable)

  1. That grows at a more than an allometric rate
    • The relationship between male and female thorax length was significantly hyperallometric, indicating a greater evolutionary divergence in male body size, even though the other traits showed isometric relationships.2015 December 19, “Body Size Adaptations to Altitudinal Climatic Variation in Neotropical Grasshoppers of the Genus Sphenarium (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Antonyms of hyperallometric

Origin of hyperallometric

From hyper- + allometric.

Questions about hyperallometric

What does hyperallometric mean?
Hyperallometric means that grows at a more than an allometric rate.
What part of speech is hyperallometric?
Hyperallometric is an adjective.

Words near hyperallometric in the dictionary

  1. hyperalkalinity
  2. hyperalkalinization
  3. hyperallergenic
  4. hyperallergenicity
  5. hyperallergic
  6. hyperallometric
  7. hyperallometrically
  8. hyperallometry
  9. hyperallusive
  10. hyperalphalipoproteinaemia
  11. hyperalphalipoproteinemia

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