Science
- Mer, a synonym for repeat unit in chemistry
- -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
- Mer., or meridional, a direction on a globe
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