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mercury
has definitions from the fields of astronomy,Roman mythology,religion,chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
Synonyms Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)Three different wavelengths of ultraviolet_radiation are selected by the variable filters placed in_front_of the three mercury xenon lights which serve as the ultraviolet sources . One simple method of measuring the expansion of the heart is to tie a thin rubber tube , filled with mercury , around the heart and record the change in resistance as the tube is stretched . (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)It was with the assistance of one of the members of_this expedition , Lauritz_Esmarch , that Oersted succeeded in producing light by creating an electric_discharge in mercury vapor through which an electric_current was made to flow . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)But when waves with a period of between 10 and 40 minutes begin to roll over the ocean , they set_in_motion a corresponding oscillation in a column of mercury which closes an electric_circuit . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
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[ noun ] temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
Examples "the mercury was falling rapidly" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (astronomy) the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
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