mercury
Nouns
- (n) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, quicksilver,
- (n) (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
- (n) the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
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(n) temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
- the mercury was falling rapidly