MER (redirected from Mers)

mer

Among the Cheremi and Udmurt peoples of Russia, a sacred grove where people of several villages gathered periodically to hold religious festivals and sacrifice animals to nature gods. The groves where the mer festivals were held were not fenced (see lud) and did not have permanent altars. Mer festivals were infrequent; five years or more might elapse between them.

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MER

(Managing Electronic Records) An annual conference sponsored by consulting firm Cohasset Associates, Inc. that is devoted to the latest legal, technical and management issues with regards to electronic records and documents. It was first held in 1992. For more information, visit www.merconference.com or www.cohasset.com.

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mechanical equipment room, machinery room

A room containing a permanently installed refrigeration or air-conditioning system, or major parts thereof.

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mer

The smallest repetitive unit in the structure of a high polymer.