mercury

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈməː.kjʊ.ɹi/

Noun

countable uncountable historical with-definite-article obsolete US regional

A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.

Japanese Meaning

水銀：銀白色で有毒な金属元素。常温で液体状態にあり、原子番号80、元素記号Hgとして知られる。

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Because mercury is toxic, the laboratory replaced the old large thermometers with electronic sensors.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

水銀は有毒であるため、研究室では古い大きな温度計を電子センサーに取り替えました。

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Sense（1）

A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.

Sense（2）

(sciences, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.

Sense（3）

(with definite article) Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers).

The mercury there has averaged 37.6°C, 2.3°C above the February norm.

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Sense（4）

(obsolete) Liveliness, volatility.

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Sense（5）

An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.

Towards the tops of the stalks and branches come forth at every joint in the male Mercury two small round green heads, standing together upon a short footstalk, which growing ripe are the seeds, not having any flower.

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Sense（6）

Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.

Sense（7）

A similar edible plant (Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English mercury or allgood.

Sense（8）

(US, regional) The poison oak or poison ivy.

mercuries

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