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mercury
CEFRB2
/ˈmɜːkjʊɹi/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A heavy silver-colored metal that is liquid at room temperature.
- 02
noun
The planet closest to the Sun.
Examples
Mercury is the planet nearest to the sun.
Is mercury really a metal?
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 4
Also pronounced
- /ˈmɜɹkɹi/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsSenses relating to the metal.
A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element (symbol Hg) with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.
Preceded by the: mercury (noun sense 1.1) as used in the column of a barometer or thermometer, its fall or rise thus indicating the decrease or increase of ambient pressure or temperature.
More examples
In contextThat one over there is Mercury.
The mercury there has averaged 37.6°C, 2.3°C above the February norm.
An image is but an appearance on glass that has been mercuried. It cannot be a friend.
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Origin
noun
Noun sense 1.1 (“metallic chemical element”) is from the association in medieval alchemy of the seven known metals—gold, silver, quicksilver, copper, iron, tin, and lead—with the Sun, the Moon, and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. An analogy was probably also drawn between the element being liquid at room temperature, and the Roman god Mercury’s attribute of swiftness. Noun sense 2 (“senses relating to plants”) is derived from mercurial (“(obsolete) any of the plants now known as mercury”, noun), from Middle English mercurial (“a plant, probably goosefoot (genus Chenopodium); (possibly) dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis)”, noun) from Anglo-Norman mercurial, Old Frenc...