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One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them. And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. Lowell.

y measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]

Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer. Homeric verse, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.

The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.

Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.

Same as Homoeomeria. [Obs.] Cudworth.

One who comes in. Outgoers and incomers. Lew Wallace.

A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.

(Chem.) = Isomer.

oportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but which a different structure or arran…

An isomer. [R.]

The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric substances. Physical isomerism (Chem.), the condition or relation of certain (metameric) substances, which, while chemically identical (in that they have the same composition, the same molecular weights, and the same ultimate constitution), are yet physically dif…

Isomorphism between substances that are isomeric.

One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum.

rson or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title. Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary "reforms". Burke. The word "synonym" is fact a misnomer. Whatel

Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.

A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system.

One who has lately come.

Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower.