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nouna heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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noun(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
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"the mercury was falling rapidly"nountemperature measured by a mercury thermometertype of:
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nounthe smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
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- planet (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
- atmosphere a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- mercury temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
- atm a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- hermes (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury
- fahrenheit German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
- fahrenheit of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
- amalgam an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
- sunlamp a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments
- mercurial relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury