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[1] Chemistry . a heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst. Symbol : Hg; atomic weight : 200.59; atomic number : 80; specific gravity : 13.546 at 20°C; freezing point: −38.9°C; boiling point: 357°C.
[2] Pharmacology . this metal as used in medicine, in the form of various organic and inorganic compounds, usually for skin infections.
[3] (initial capital letter ) the ancient Roman god who served as messenger of the gods and was also the god of commerce, thievery, eloquence, and science, identified with the Greek god Hermes.
[4] (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the planet nearest the sun, having a diameter of 3031 miles (4878 km), a mean distance from the sun of 36 million miles (57.9 million km), and a period of revolution of 87.96 days, and having no satellites: the smallest planet in the solar system.
[5] a messenger, especially a carrier of news.
[6] any plant belonging to the genus Mercurialis, of the spurge family, especially the poisonous, weedy M. perennis of Europe.
[7] Good-King-Henry.
[8] (initial capital letter ) Aerospace . one of a series of U.S. spacecraft, carrying one astronaut, that achieved the first U.S. suborbital and orbital manned spaceflights.
[9] Also called: quicksilver , hydrargyrum a heavy silvery-white toxic liquid metallic element occurring principally in cinnabar: used in thermometers, barometers, mercury-vapour lamps, and dental amalgams. Symbol: Hg; atomic no: 80; atomic wt: 200.59; valency: 1 or 2; relative density: 13.546; melting pt: –38.842°C; boiling pt: 357°C
[10] any plant of the euphorbiaceous genus Mercurialis See dog's mercury
[11] archaic a messenger or courier
[12] Roman myth the messenger of the gods Greek counterpart: Hermes
[13] the second smallest planet and the nearest to the sun. Mean distance from sun: 57.9 million km; period of revolution around sun: 88 days; period of axial rotation: 59 days; diameter and mass: 38 and 5.4 per cent that of earth respectively

Words related to Mercury

earth, Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, Uranus, Venus

Words nearby Mercury

mercurize, mercuro-, mercurochrome, mercurous, mercurous chloride, mercury, mercury arc, mercury barometer, mercury chloride, mercury fulminate, mercury mass

Origin of Mercury

1300–50; Middle English Mercurie < Medieval Latin, Latin Mercurius, akin to merx goods

Word origin for Mercury

C14: from Latin Mercurius messenger of Jupiter, god of commerce; related to merx merchandise

Synonyms for Mercury

earth, Copernican system, Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, Uranus, Venus, heliocentric system, planetary system