MERCURY
\mˈɜːkjʊɹi], \mˈɜːkjʊɹi], \m_ˈɜː_k_j_ʊ_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of MERCURY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
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(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
By Princeton University
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a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
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(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /.
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A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper.
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Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.
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A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe.
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To wash with a preparation of mercury.
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A Latin god of commerce and gain; - treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.
By Oddity Software
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A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /.
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A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper.
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Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.
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A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe.
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To wash with a preparation of mercury.
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A Latin god of commerce and gain; - treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.
By Noah Webster.
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A silver metallic element that exists as a liquid at room temperature. It has the atomic symbol Hg (from hydrargyrum, liquid silver), atomic number 80, and atomic weight 200.59. Mercury is used in many industrial applications and its salts have been employed therapeutically as purgatives, antisyphilitics, disinfectants, and astringents. It can be absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes which leads to MERCURY POISONING. Because of its toxicity, the clinical use of mercury and mercurials is diminishing.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Quicksilver; a heavy, liquid, metallic substance, used in thermometers, etc.; Mercury, the planet nearest to the sun.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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The god of merchandise and eloquence, and the messenger of the gods: the planet nearest the sun: a white, liquid metal, also called quicksilver: a messenger: a newspaper.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A silver white metal, liquid at ordinary temperatures; quicksilver.
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The plante of our system nearest the sun.
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Rom. Myth. God of commerce; patron of travelers and thieves; messenger of the gods. Hermes.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Hydrargyrum- m. Acetate of Hydrargyrus acetatus- m. Acid nitrate of, see Hydrargyri nitras- m. Ammoniated, Hydrargyrum praeciptatum- m. Ammonio-chloride of, Hydrargyrum praecipitatum- m. Bichloride of Hydrargyri oxymurias- m. Biniodide of, Hydrargyri iodidum rubrum, see Iodine- m. Bisulphuret of, Hydrargyri sulphuretum rubrum- m. Bromide of, see Bromine.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: quicksilver. A liquid metallic element of silvery color and metallic luster. At about 40 C. it freezes into a ductile and malleable solid, like tin; it also crystallizes at a low temperature. It occurs free, and also combined with sulphur, with chlorin, and with iodin. It forms two classes of compounds: the mercurous and the mercuric salts, in which it seems to act as a univalent and a bivalent radicle respectively. Symbol, Hg. Atomic weight, 200. Specific gravity, 13.61. Many metals dissolve in m. or form compounds with it, which are called amalgams. Its salts are poisonous, especially the soluble ores. Many of its salts are used in syphilis. List of poisons and their antidotes, see in appendix, page 939.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] A certain metal, white like silver, liquid at common temperatures; quicksilver;— a salt or preparation of mercury, used as a remedial agent, as calomel, blue pill, &c.;— the planet nearest the sun;— a news-boy; a messenger; also, a newspaper;— sprightliness; vivacity,
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