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allometry
(redirected from Isometric scaling)

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allometry [ə′läm·ə·trē]
(biology)
The quantitative relation between a part and the whole or another part as the organism increases in size. Also known as heterauxesis; heterogony.
The quantitative relation between the size of a part and the whole or another part, in a series of related organisms that differ in size.
(mathematics)
A relation between two variablesxandythat can be written in the formy=axn, whereaandnare constants.


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