n. [ Gr.
n. [ A doublet of customary, a.: cf. LL. custumarius toll gatherer. See Custom. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The customers of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey cloths. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
He has got at last the character of a good customer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ecto- + -mere. ] (Biol.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ento- + -mere. ] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
n. [ Proto- + -mere + -ite. ] (Zool.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinæ. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; part. ] (Chem.) The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism. [ 1913 Webster ]