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Definition of Mercury

1. Noun. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.

2. Noun. (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes.

3. Noun. The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun.

4. Noun. Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer. "The mercury was falling rapidly"

Definition of Mercury

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To wash with a preparation of mercury.

Definition of Mercury

1. Proper noun. (Roman god) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ?. ¹

3. Noun. A metal. ¹

4. Noun. A plant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mercury

1. a metallic element [n -RIES] : MERCURIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Mercury

1. 1. The first planet in order from the sun. It has no known natural satellites. It is one of the four inner or terrestrial planets of the solar system. It is the planet nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles. 2. 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, A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe. The name is also applied, in the United States, to certain climbing plants, some of which are poisonous to the skin, especially. To the Rhus Toxicodendron, or poison ivy. Origin: L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares. Source: Websters Dictionary (25 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercury

mercurify mercurifying mercuriocyclization mercuriocyclizations mercurism mercurisms mercuroan mercurochrome mercurocuprate mercurocuprates

mercurophen mercurophylline sodium mercurous mercurous chloride mercurous iodide mercury mercury-vapor lamp mercury-vapour lamp mercury arc mercury barometer

mercury bichloride mercury biniodide mercury cell mercury chloride mercury compounds mercury deutoiodide mercury fulminate mercury isotopes

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