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mercuri — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mercury noun A heavy, silvery metallic element that is liquid at room temperature and highly toxic; also called quicksilver.

Senses

mercuri is used for these senses in English:

  • mercury (science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]

mercury — full definition

  1. noun A heavy, silvery metallic element that is liquid at room temperature and highly toxic; also called quicksilver.
  2. noun Informal: the reading on a thermometer or barometer, as a stand-in for temperature or pressure.