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Definition of mercury
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Mercury
(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..
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Mercury
::
Mercury
(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..
Cathetometer
::
Cathetometer
(n.) An
instrument
for the
accurate
measurement
of small
differences
of
height;
esp. of the
differences
in the
height
of the upper
surfaces
of two
columns
of
mercury
or other
fluid,
or of the same
column
at
different
times.
It
consists
of a
telescopic
leveling
apparatus
(d), which
slides
up or down a
perpendicular
metallic
standard
very
finely
graduated
(bb). The
telescope
is
raised
or
depressed
in order to sight the
objects
or
surfaces,
and the
differences
in
vertical
height
are th
Aaron's Rod
::
Aaron's
rod () A rod with one
serpent
twined
around
it, thus
differing
from the
caduceus
of
Mercury,
which has two..
Element
::
Element
(n.) The
elements
of the
alchemists
were salt,
sulphur,
and
mercury..
Tin
::
Tin (n.) An
elementary
substance
found as an oxide in the
mineral
cassiterite,
and
reduced
as a soft white
crystalline
metal,
malleable
at
ordinary
temperatures,
but
brittle
when
heated.
It is not
easily
oxidized
in the air, and is used
chiefly
to coat iron to
protect
it from
rusting,
in the form of tin foil with
mercury
to form the
reflective
surface
of
mirrors,
and in
solder,
bronze,
speculum
metal,
and other
alloys.
Its
compounds
are
designated
as
stannous,
or
stannic.
Symbol
Sn
(Stannum).
At
Hydrargyrum
::
Hydrargyrum
(n.)
Quicksilver;
mercury.
Buoyant
::
Buoyant
(v. t. & i.)
Having
the
quality
of
rising
or
floating
in a
fluid;
tending
to rise or
float;
as, iron is
buoyant
in
mercury..
Mercury
::
Mercury
(n.) A plant
(Mercurialis
annua),
of the
Spurge
family,
the
leaves
of which are
sometimes
used for
spinach,
in
Europe..
Salivate
::
Salivate
(v. t.) To
produce
an
abnormal
flow of
saliva
in; to
produce
salivation
or
ptyalism
in, as by the use of
mercury..
Intramercurial
::
Intramercurial
(a.)
Between
the
planet
Mercury
and the sun; -- as, the
hypothetical
Vulcan
is
intramercurial..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.)
Having
the form or image of
Mercury;
--
applied
to
ancient
guideposts.
Mercurify
::
Mercurify
(v. t.) To
combine
or
mingle
mercury
with; to
impregnate
with
mercury;
to
mercurialize.
Calomel
::
Calomel
(n.) Mild
chloride
of
mercury,
Hg2Cl2,
a
heavy,
white or
yellowish
white
substance,
insoluble
and
tasteless,
much used in
medicine
as a
mercurial
and
purgative;
mercurous
chloride.
It
occurs
native
as the
mineral
horn
quicksilver..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(n.) A
preparation
containing
mercury.
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to, or
containing,
mercury;
as,
mercurial
preparations,
barometer.
See
Mercury,
2..
Vacuum
::
Vacuum
(n.) The
condition
of
rarefaction,
or
reduction
of
pressure
below that of the
atmosphere,
in a
vessel,
as the
condenser
of a steam
engine,
which is
nearly
exhausted
of air or
steam,
etc.; as, a
vacuum
of 26
inches
of
mercury,
or 13
pounds
per
square
inch..
Coloradoite
::
Coloradoite
(n.)
Mercury
telluride,
an
iron-black
metallic
mineral,
found in
Colorado..
Caduceus
::
Caduceus
(n.) The
official
staff or wand of
Hermes
or
Mercury,
the
messenger
of the gods. It was
originally
said to be a
herald's
staff of olive wood, but was
afterwards
fabled
to have two
serpents
coiled
about it, and two wings at the top..
Mercury
::
Mercury
(n.) A
carrier
of
tidings;
a
newsboy;
a
messenger;
hence,
also, a
newspaper..
Mercaptan
::
Mercaptan
(n.) Any one of
series
of
compounds,
hydrosulphides
of
alcohol
radicals,
in
composition
resembling
the
alcohols,
but
containing
sulphur
in place of
oxygen,
and hence
called
also the
sulphur
alcohols.
In
general,
they are
colorless
liquids
having
a
strong,
repulsive,
garlic
odor. The name is
specifically
applied
to ethyl
mercaptan,
C2H5SH.
So
called
from its
avidity
for
mercury,
and other
metals..
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