Definitions for Mercator
mərˈkeɪ tər; dʒərˈhɑr dəsmer·ca·tor

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1. Mercator, Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremernoun

   Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)

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1. Mercatornoun

   Pertaining to an orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator.

2. Mercatornoun

   Such a projection or chart.

3. Etymology: Latinized name of, Flemish cartographer and mathematician.

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1. mercator

   Mercator is a term often associated with maps or cartography. It refers to a specific type of world map projection known as the Mercator projection, named after the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator who first presented it in 1569. This projection represents the globe as a flat 2D map which greatly exaggerates the size of objects away from the equator, but maintains their correct shape and allows accurate direction. The term can also refer to the man, Gerardus Mercator himself.

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1. Mercator

   Mercator is a Slovenian retail chain based in Ljubljana. The company was founded in 1949 under the name Živila Ljubljana, but four years later it was renamed and given its current name. Today, Mercator is the biggest Slovenian and southeastern retail chain, operating hypermarkets, supermarkets and grocery stores in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Albania. Until the end of the 1990s, the company operated only in Slovenia, but then it started to spread on other markets by opening new hypermarkets in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. In 2002, Mercator also opened its first hypermarket in Serbia. Its primary market remains the home market in Slovenia, where the company currently operates 17 hypermarkets, but in early to mid-2000s they opened several new hypermarkets in Croatia and the company currently operates 5 hypermarkets in the country. There are also two Mercator's supermarkets in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as one in Serbia. Apart from operating hypermarkets, the company also operates a total of more than 1,000 small grocery stores and supermarkets in aforementioned countries. Their future plans are to spread on the markets outside the territories of the former Yugoslavia and become one of the largest supermarket chains in Southeastern Europe.

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1. Mercator

   a celebrated Dutch geographer who has given name to a projection of the earth's surface on a plane (1512-1592).

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1. cremator

How to pronounce Mercator?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mercator in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mercator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Mercator in a Sentence

1. Mercator Chief Executive Cormac Whelan:

   Mercator has an ambitious growth plan which is a mix of organic and acquisition-led growth, as we see opportunities in the market to acquire innovative technology and platforms we will be prone towards action.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Mercator
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mercator
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Mercator
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Mercator