mercury

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mercury Definition

• (n) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
• (n) (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
• (n) the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
• (n) temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly"

mercury Synonyms

• atomic number 80
• Hg
• hydrargyrum
• mercury
• quicksilver