Mer

Mer or MER may refer to:

People

• Francis Mer (born 1939), French businessman, industrialist and politician, former Minister of the Economy
• Gideon Mer (1894-1961), Israeli scientist working mostly on the eradication of malaria
• Mer people, a people of the Kathiawar region in Saurashtra, India
• M.E.R. (Maria Elizabeth Rothmann), Afrikaner writer

Places

• Mer, Loir-et-Cher, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher département of France
• Murray Island, Queensland, known locally as Mer, an Australian island

Science

• 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
• abbreviation of Meridional, a direction on a globe

Technology

• 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

Business

• Management expense ratio
• Market exchange rate
• Merrill Lynch's former NYSE stock symbol

Sports

• MER, the short name of the Meralco Bolts, a team at the Philippine Basketball Association

Other uses

• Mer language (disambiguation)
• Movement for European Reform, a pan-European political group
• Middle East Report, a publication of the Middle East Research and Information Project
• Mer, a planet from The Pirates of Dark Water
• Mer, one of the two major groups of races (with Humans) in the Elder Scrolls series of video games.
• Mer, title of a song by band Hyukoh

See also

• La mer (disambiguation)
• Mers (disambiguation)
• Merfolk (disambiguation), various names for the fictional merman or mermaid
• Mar (disambiguation)
• Mir (disambiguation)
• Meher (disambiguation)
• Mur (disambiguation)
• Murre (bird)
• Myrrh
• All pages beginning with "Mer"
• All pages with titles containing Mer