meride

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From French méride. Compare meridian.

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Obsolete An interval of pitch equal to 1/43 of an octave.

noun

Etymology From French méride from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “a part”).

Biology, Natural sciences A colony of plastids.

The living matter which goes to make up elementary cells , the plastids and merides whose combination constitutes living beings , already assumes , in nucleated cells , a peculiar form giving it distinct specific characteristics[…]1906, Louis-Lucien Baclé, Future Life in the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science:

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