| Mercat | n. [ L. mercatus : cf. It. mercato. See Market. ] Market; trade. [ Obs. ] Bp. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mercatante | n. [ It. See Merchant. ] A foreign trader. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mercator's chart | See under Chart, and see |
| Mercature | n. [ L. mercatura commerce. ] Commerce; traffic; trade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| mercator | (n) Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594), Syn. Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer |
| mercator projection | (n) a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator, Syn. Mercator's projection |