Meaning of mercury | Babel Free

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1. Senses relating to the metal. A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element (symbol Hg) with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
3. Quicksilver, mercury. (No longer capitalized, as the name of the metal is no longer recognized as that of the planet.)
   obsolete
4. A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
   countable, literally, uncountable
5. A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element (symbol Hg) with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
6. The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.
   Roman
7. A carrier of tidings.
   archaic
8. A newsboy, a messenger.
   archaic
9. Symbol Hg A silvery-white, dense, poisonous metallic element that is a liquid at room temperature. It is used to make thermometers and pesticides. Atomic number 80. See Periodic Table.
   Symbol
10. One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
    countable, historical, literally, uncountable
11. Preceded by the: mercury (noun sense 1.1) as used in the column of a barometer or thermometer, its fall or rise thus indicating the decrease or increase of ambient pressure or temperature
12. A footman.
    archaic
13. The planet closest to the sun and the second smallest, with a diameter about two-fifths that of Earth. Mercury's surface is covered with mountains, craters, ridges, and valleys. It orbits the sun once every 88 days, the shortest amount of time for any planet. See Table at solar system. See Note at planet.
14. Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers).
    countable, literally, uncountable, with-definite-article
15. A preparation containing mercury (noun sense 1.1), especially calomel (mercurous chloride) or corrosive sublimate (mercuric chloride), formerly used as a medicine to treat syphilis, etc
16. Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between.
    archaic
17. an element, a poisonous, silvery, liquid metal used especially in thermometers etc. kwik زِئْبَق живак mercúrio rtuť das Quecksilber kviksølv υδράργυροςmercurio elavhõbe جیوه elohopea mercureכספית पारा živa higany air raksa kvikasilfur mercurio 水銀 수은 gyvsidabris dzīvsudrabs merkuri kwikkvikksølvrtęćmercúrio mercur ртуть ortuť živo srebro živa kvicksilver ปรอท (สัญลักษณ์ทางเคมีคือ Hg) civa 水銀，汞 ртуть پارہ، سیماب thủy ngân 水银，汞
    especially
18. Liveliness, volatility.
    countable, literally, obsolete, uncountable
19. One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals
20. A newspaper.
    archaic
21. mercurio, metal líquido volátil;___ poisoning → envenenamiento por ___.
22. Any of several types of plant.
    countable, uncountable
23. An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
    countable, uncountable
24. Roman Mythology A god that served as messenger to the other gods and was himself the god of commerce, travel, and thievery.
    Roman Mythology
25. Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.
    countable, uncountable
26. The smallest of the planets and the one nearest the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 87.97 days at a mean distance of 57.91 million kilometers (35.98 million miles) and a mean radius of approximately 2,440 kilometers (1,516 miles).
27. A similar edible plant (Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English mercury or allgood.
    countable, uncountable
28. Symbol Hg A silvery-white poisonous metallic element, liquid at room temperature and used in thermometers, barometers, vapor lamps, and batteries and in the preparation of chemical pesticides. Atomic number 80; atomic weight 200.59; melting point -38.83°C; boiling point 356.62°C; specific gravity 13.546 (at 20°C); valence 1, 2. Also called quicksilver. See Periodic Table.
    Symbol
29. The poison oak or poison ivy.
    US, countable, regional, uncountable
30. Temperature: The mercury had fallen rapidly by morning.
31. Any of several weedy plants of the genera Mercurialis and Acalypha.
    Mercurialis
32. (Elements & Compounds) Also called: quicksilver or hydrargyrum a heavy silvery-white toxic liquid metallic element occurring principally in cinnabar: used in thermometers, barometers, mercury-vapour lamps, and dental amalgams. Symbol: Hg; atomic no: 80; atomic wt: 200.59; valency: 1 or 2; relative density: 13.546; melting pt: –38.842°C; boiling pt: 357°C
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Examples

“The mercury there has averaged 37.6°C, 2.3°C above the February norm.”

“As the mercury climbed in recent days – hovering at about 42C in both Seville and Córdoba – volunteers in both cities started to assemble around swift colonies, gathering up as many of the dehydrated and undernourished chicks they could find.”

“Rail temperatures are checked at Manchester Piccadilly on July 18 - the first of two consecutive days in which the mercury rose above 38°C across large parts of England.”

“He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long in any friendship, or to any design.”

“Towards the tops of the stalks and branches come forth at every joint in the male Mercury two small round green heads, standing together upon a short footstalk, which growing ripe are the seeds, not having any flower.”

“Thou, first of the children of men, art come to Mercury, where thou and I will journey up and down for a season to show thee the lands and oceans, the forests, plains, and ancient mountains, cities and palaces of this world, Mercury, and the doings of them that dwell therein.”

“Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles.”

“His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France.”

“No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries.”

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