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allometry

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000252

The study of the growth rate of a part of an organism in relation to the growth rate of the entire organism, and the resulting change in proportion of various parts as the organism grows.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000252
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsogrowth and development
TranslationsSpanish: alometría
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000252",
  "term": "allometry",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The study of the growth rate of a part of an organism in relation to the growth rate of the entire organism, and the resulting change in proportion of various parts as the organism grows.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "growth and development"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "alometría"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/allometry/"
}

Record 252 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.