Encyclopedia
Mer
Topics referred to by the same term
Mer or MER may refer to:
01Business
- Management expense ratio
- Market exchange rate
- Merrill Lynch's former NYSE stock symbol
02People
- Francis Mer (born 1939), a French businessman, industrialist and politician, former Minister of the Economy
- Gideon Mer (1894-1961), an Israeli scientist working mostly on the eradication of malaria
- M.E.R. (Maria Elizabeth Rothmann), an Afrikaner writer
- Mer (community), a community found primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat
03Places
- Mer, Loir-et-Cher, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher département of France
- Merionethshire, historic county in Wales, Chapman code MER
- Mer Island, Queensland, also known as Murray Island, an Australian island
04Sports
- Meralco Bolts, a team in the Philippine Basketball Association
05Science
- Mer, a synonym for repeat unit in chemistry
- Mer, a type of geometric isomer of octahedral complexes (see fac, mer isomerism)
- -mer, an affix meaning "part", used in several words in chemistry and biology
- MERTK, MER, or proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER, a human enzyme
- Membrane estrogen receptor, or mER, a receptor for estrogen
- Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER (or MERTK or Mer)
- abbreviation of Meridional, a direction on a globe
- Mercury transporter, Mer Superfamily of transport proteins
06Technology
- Mer (software distribution), a software distribution for operating systems based upon the Linux kernel targeted at mobile devices
- Mars Exploration Rover, one of a pair of robotic rovers exploring the surface of Mars
- Modulation error ratio, a measure in communications for evaluation of digital transmission equipment
- Mechanical equipment room or mechanical room, used for HVAC, water heaters, plumbing and electrical equipment
- Project Mer, a 1958 U.S. Navy human spaceflight proposal to the Advanced Research Projects Agency
07Transport
- Manx Electric Railway, an interurban tramway on the Isle of Man
- Merthyr Tydfil railway station (National Rail station code), a railway station in Wales
- Merri railway station, Melbourne
08Other uses
- MER, acronym for "Minimum Essential Requirements"
- Mer (community), a community native to the Porbandar region in Saurashtra, India
- Mer, a planet from The Pirates of Dark Water
- Mer, a race in The Elder Scrolls series of video games
- Mer, a given name related to Margarete
- Mer (French: [mɛʁ]), the French word for "sea"
- "Mer", a song by band Hyukoh
- Mer language (disambiguation)
- Middle East Report, a publication of the Middle East Research and Information Project
- Movement for European Reform, a pan-European political group
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Mer”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.