gerardus mercator gerardia virginica • gerastian · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · gerardus mercator · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 17 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594). Synonyms: Mercator, Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 m latin small letter m U+006D o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075