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Meaning
Noun
●
In Mercury (element):
A metal.
A silvery-colored,
toxic
,
metallic
chemical element
,
liquid
at
room temperature
, with
atomic number
80 and
symbol
Hg.
●
In Sciences:
A metal.
One of the
elemental
principles
formerly
thought
to be present
in all
metals.
●
A metal.
Ambient
pressure
or
temperature
(from the use of
mercury
in
barometers
and thermometers).
Liveliness, volatility.
●
Any of several types of plant.
An
annual
plant
,
annual mercury
(Mercurialis annua), formerly
grown
for its
medicinal
properties
; French
mercury
,
herb
mercury
.
Any
plant
of any
species
of the
genus
and the
genus
Mercurialis.
A
similar
edible
plant
(Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English
mercury
or allgood.
●
In American English & Regional English:
Any of several types of plant.
The
poison oak
or
poison
ivy.
●
A
carrier
of tidings.
A
newsboy
, a messenger.
A footman.
Someone who
carries
messages
between
lovers
; a go-between.
A newspaper.
Name
●
The
planet
in the
solar system
with the
closest
orbit
to the Sun,
named
after the
god
;
represented
by ☿.
●
The Roman
god
associated with
speed
, sometimes used as a
messenger
,
wearing
winged
sandals
; the Roman
counterpart
of the Greek
god
Hermes.
●
Quicksilver, mercury.
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Origin
mercury
English
Mercury
English
Mercurius
Latin
mercurius
Latin
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