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mercury

mer·cury

UK/ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/ US/ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/ fairly common us

noun

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the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun

4.

temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

  • “the mercury was falling rapidly”

Phrases

  • argental mercury
  • cadmium mercury cell
  • fulminate of mercury
  • green iodide of mercury
  • horn mercury
  • mercury arc
  • mercury arc rectifier
  • mercury arc valve

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