Quecksilber — meaning in English
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English meaning
- amalgamate verb To join or mix separate things together into one.
- mercury noun A heavy, silvery metallic element that is liquid at room temperature and highly toxic; also called quicksilver.
- quicksilver noun An old name for the metal mercury.
Senses
Quecksilber is used for these senses in English:
- amalgamate To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
- mercury (science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]
- quicksilver The metal mercury.
amalgamate — full definition
- verb To join or mix separate things together into one.
- verb To mix a metal with mercury to form a new substance.
- verb (mathematics) To combine two groups by matching up parts within them that share the same structure.
mercury — full definition
- noun A heavy, silvery metallic element that is liquid at room temperature and highly toxic; also called quicksilver.
- noun Informal: the reading on a thermometer or barometer, as a stand-in for temperature or pressure.
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