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mercatorian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mer-ca-to-ri-an
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Gerardus Mercator, 16th-century Flemish cartographer who invented the Mercator projection.

Etymology

From Mercator + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Mercatorian (comparative) most Mercatorian (superlative)

Questions

What does mercatorian mean?
Of or relating to Gerardus Mercator, 16th-century Flemish cartographer who invented the Mercator projection.
Where does mercatorian come from?
From Mercator + -ian.

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