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Synonyms atomic number 80, hg, hydrargyrum, quicksilver
Type of metallic element, metal
Derivation mercurial, mercuric, mercurous
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Derivation mercurial
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Type of temperature


the mercury was falling rapidly.
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Examples of mercury

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Mercury agreed to a fine of $28 million, while Brocade will pay just $7 million.
From the businessweek.com
The fish highest in healthy omega-3s and lowest in mercury are salmon and trout.
From the kansas.com
Industrial exports include gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, and electricity.
From the edition.cnn.com
A lot of red pigments are now made with cadmium and mercury, which can be toxic.
From the sciencedaily.com
Mercury is encouraging you to talk things over and renegotiate responsibilities.
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Attempting to dredge out the mercury would actually spread it over a wider area.
From the thenewstribune.com
The bulbs do not give off any mercury when they are being used or being handled.
From the sacbee.com
The toxic form of mercury, called methylmercury, can build up in the food chain.
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The gadgets contain hazards like lead and mercury, and most end up in the trash.
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  • A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
  • (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
  • The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
  • Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly"
  • The Bristol Mercury is a nine-cylinder air-cooled single-row piston radial engine. The Mercury was used mainly on British military aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. A number were also built in Europe under licence.
  • Mercury is the sixth album by San Francisco indie rock group American Music Club, released in early 1993. It was their major-label debut.
  • Planets in astrology have a meaning different from the modern astronomical understanding of what a planet is. ...
  • Mercury is an automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company founded in 1939 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level-luxury cars slotted between Ford-branded regular models and Lincoln-branded luxury vehicles, similar to General Motors' Buick (and former Oldsmobile) brand, and ...
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