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mercury

DEFINITIONS OF: mercury

1

n a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

Synonyms:
Hg, atomic number 80, hydrargyrum, quicksilver
Type of:
metal, metallic element
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

n temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

“the mercury was falling rapidly”
Type of:
temperature
the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
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