meristics
English
/məˈɹɪstɪks/
noun
Definitions
- (ichthyology) The counting of quantitative features of a fish, such as its number of fins or of scales.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μέρος (part, portion, component, destiny, a part, share, fate, lot).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέρος
Gloss
part, portion, component, destiny, a part, share, fate, lot
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -mer English
- -mere English
- epimeron English
- mereology English
- meronym English
- meronymy English
- meropic English
- mereologia Finnish
- Centromer German
- centrómero Spanish, Castilian
- μέρος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τρία Ancient Greek
- ἑπταμερής Ancient Greek
- ὅμοιος Ancient Greek
- *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
- polymer Norwegian Bokmål
- polymer Norwegian Nynorsk
- -méir Irish
- μέρος Greek (modern)
- -мер Bulgarian