Search Result:Mercury


KK Pronunciation

〔 `mʒkjәrI 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˋmә:kjuri 〕


Overview of noun mercury

The noun mercury has 4 senses


  • mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 -- (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)

  • Mercury -- ((Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes)

  • Mercury -- (the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun)

  • mercury -- (temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly")