Mercury
['mɜːkjərɪ] or ['mɝkjəri]
['mɝkjəri]
Definition
(noun.) temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; 'the mercury was falling rapidly'.
(noun.) the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun.
(noun.) (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes.
(noun.) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
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Definition
(n.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.
(n.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /.
(n.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles.
(n.) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper.
(n.) Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.
(n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe.
(v. t.) To wash with a preparation of mercury.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Quicksilver.
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Definition
n. the god of merchandise and eloquence and the messenger of the gods: the planet nearest the sun: a white liquid metal also called quicksilver: the column of mercury in a thermometer or barometer: a messenger: a newspaper.—adj. Mercū′rial having the qualities said to belong to the god Mercury: active: sprightly: often changing: of or pertaining to trade: containing or consisting of mercury—also Mercū′ric.—v.t. Mercū′rialise (med.) to affect with mercury: to expose to the vapour of mercury.—n. Mercū′rialist.—adv. Mercū′rially.—n. Mercurificā′tion.—v.t. Mercū′rify.—adj. Mer′cūrous.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of mercury, is significant of unhappy changes through the constant oppression of enemies. For a woman to be suffering from mercurial poison, foretells she will be deserted by and separated from her family.
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Examples
- The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Now it is known that one cubic inch of mercury weighs about half a pound. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mercury has announced Mr. Rouncewell, which is the cause of her appearance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When the gas cock is closed, the mercury stands at the same level in both arms, but when the cock is opened, the gas whose pressure is being measured forces the mercury up the opposite arm. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the first lamp-works were started at Menlo Park, one of my experiments seemed to show that hot mercury gave a better vacuum in the lamp than cold mercury. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is true he is heavier than mercury. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This process is best adapted to what are known as free milling or porous ores, where the gold is free and very fine and is attracted readily by mercury. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The air in the long arm is pressing upon the mercury in that arm, and is tending to force it up the short arm. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She's a lovely woman, too, she really is, says Mr. Bucket, coming back to Mercury. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I carried out this idea, and made every man take a dose every day, but there was great opposition, and hot mercury was finally abandoned. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had a series of vacuum-pumps worked by mercury and used for exhausting experimental incandescent lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Pour mercury into the tube until the difference in level _bd_ is just equal to the barometric height, approximately 32 inches. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And she rings for Mercury to show the young man of the name of Guppy out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As the water becomes warmer and warmer the level of the mercury in the tube steadily rises until the water boils, when the level remains stationary (Fig. 9). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the latter case a difference of three inches in the column of mercury was shown at the summit and base of the ascent. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Directing the pitching of the chair in an affable and easy manner, Mr. Bucket dismisses the Mercuries and locks the door again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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