mercury

mercury

Wikipedia mercury (uncountable)

1. A metal.
   1. A silvery-colored metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg. [from 14th c.]
   2. (sciences, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]
   3. The mercury as used in a barometer or thermometer; ambient temperature. [from 17th c.]

      The mercury there has averaged 37.6C, 2.3C above the February norm.

   4. (obsolete) Liveliness, volatility. [17th-18th c.]
   
   
   

   Definizione italiano>inglese mercury

   
   

   	mercurio
   	element
   	A heavy silvery-white toxic liquid metallic element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80 occurring principally in cinnabar: used in thermometers, barometers, mercury-vapour lamps, and dental amalgams.

   Mercurio

   argento vivo

   
   

   Altri significati:

   A silvery-colored metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.

   (figuratively) (weather) The ambient temperature.(Due to mercury's use in thermometers)

   
   
   

   Traduzione 'veloce'

   
   
   mercurio ,Mercurio ,argento vivo

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