Merism (Latin: merismus, Ancient Greek: μερισμός, romanized: merismós) is a rhetorical device (or figure of speech) in which a combination of two contrasting...
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Look up mer or -mer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mer or MER may refer to: Management expense ratio Market exchange rate Merrill Lynch's former NYSE...
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Look up mers or MERS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mers may refer to: MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome Middle East respiratory syndrome–related...
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respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory infection caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Symptoms may range...
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Overseas departments and regions of France (redirect from Départements d'outre mer)
departments and regions of France (French: départements et régions d'outre-mer, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃ e ʁeʒjɔ̃ d‿utʁəmɛʁ]; DROM) are departments of the...
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"Lock, stock, and barrel" is a merism used predominantly in the United Kingdom and North America, meaning "all", "total" or "everything". It derives from...
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have an article on "-mer", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "-mer" You can also: Search for -mer in Wikipedia to check...
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La mer may refer to: La mer (Debussy), an orchestral composition by Claude Debussy "La Mer" (song), a 1946 song by Charles Trenet La Mer (horse), a champion...
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Boulogne-sur-Mer (French: [bulɔɲ syʁ mɛʁ] ; Picard: Boulonne-su-Mér; Dutch: Bonen; Latin: Gesoriacum or Bononia), often called just Boulogne (UK: /bʊˈlɔɪn/...
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Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is the name of two communes in France: Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados, in the Calvados département Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime...
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Overseas territory (France) (redirect from Territoires Outre-Mer)
The term overseas territory (French: territoire d'outre-mer or TOM) is an administrative division of France and is currently only applied to the French...
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Hermanville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ɛʁmɑ̃vil syʁ mɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France....
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Berthier-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛʁtje syʁ mɛʁ]) is a town in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region...
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Fos-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [fɔs syʁ mɛʁ], literally Fos on Sea; Provençal: Fòs) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France...
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Overseas France (redirect from Outre-mer)
Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French...
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MerPeople is a documentary miniseries that premiered May 23, 2023, on Netflix. It explores the subculture and performing art of "mermaiding". Morgana...
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Battle of Mers-el-Kébir or Mers-el-Kébir expedition may refer to: The Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) by Portugal. The Capture of Mers-el-Kébir (1505)...
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chemistry, a carbo-mer (often carbo-mer or carbomer) is an expanded molecule obtained by insertion of C2 units into a given molecule. Carbo-mers differ from...
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In bioinformatics, k-mers are substrings of length k {\displaystyle k} contained within a biological sequence. Primarily used within the context of computational...
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Beyond the Sea (song) (redirect from Beyond the Sea (La Mer))
"Beyond the Sea" is the English-language version of the French song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, popularized by Bobby Darin in 1959. While the French original...
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Spirit (rover) (redirect from MER-A)
Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover – A) or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. Spirit was operational on Mars for...
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Vierville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vjɛʁvil syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Vierville on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in...
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Mer de Noms (French for "Sea of Names") is the debut studio album by American rock band A Perfect Circle. The album was released on May 23, 2000, and...
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Mer, Maher or Mehar (Gujarati: ISO 15919: Mēr, Mahēr, Mēhar) is a caste from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat in India. They are largely based in the...
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ha'aretz (הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ): "the heavens and the earth"; this is a merism, a figure of speech indicating the two stand not for "heaven" and "earth"...
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Mer Group Ltd. is an Israeli holding company comprising 3 autonomous business divisions, each headed by a company with subsidiaries, manufacturing facilities...
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evil". This may be an example of the type of figure of speech known as merism, a literary device that pairs opposite terms together in order to create...
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Colleville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [kɔlvil syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Colleville on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandie region in...
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Timer (film) (redirect from TiMER (film))
Timer (stylized as TiMER) is a 2009 science fiction romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Jac Schaeffer in her directorial debut. The...
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Skidamarink (redirect from Skid-dy-mer-rink-adink-aboomp)
sing-along song from North America. Originally titled "Skid-dy-mer-rink-adink-aboomp" or "Skiddy-Mer-Rink-A-Doo", the initial version of the song was written...
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