Synonym: Hg, Mercury, atomic number 80, hydrargyrum, quicksilver. Similar words: mercurial, laffer curve, undercurrent, herculean, buttercup, undercut, power cut, percussion. Meaning: [mɜr'kjərɪ /mɜː'kjʊrɪ] n. 1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures 2. (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes 3. the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun 4. temperature measured by a mercury thermometer.
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91. The silvery substance clung to his skin, looking like tiny beads of mercury, as slippery as graphite between his fingers.
92. The inert gas argon is added to help to start the discharge because the vapour pressure of the mercury is very low.
93. A significant fraction of their water content can emerge from the explosion at a speed below the escape velocity of Mercury.
94. Test flights of the Redstone and Atlas rockets carrying unmanned Mercury capsules were taking place with varying degrees of success.
95. Mercury prepares to expand at the double WALLASEY-based same-day courier service Mercury Express has embarked on a national expansion.
96. The only option may be a single mercury vapour or metal halide spotlight, with no option for extra support lighting.
97. Temperatures on Mercury reach as high as 700 K at the equator.
98. As the foil plating was thicker it may have been found more durable than mercury plating.
99. The new Mountaineer is an Explorer in Mercury trim with the 5. 0-liter engine and a distinct grille with Mercury emblem.
100. Warning: Mercury is very toxic and the switch must not be cut open in any circumstances.
101. He dispatched Mercury to Carthage with a stinging message for Aeneas.
102. The waters are being polluted by mercury, oil and silt as a result of the mining.
103. Mercury in Aries will give you insight - and the wit to negotiate some advantageous deals.
104. Mercury is one exception, offering only its managed portfolio, which operates in the style of a private client service.
105. It's time, while Mercury is forming a sharp link to Jupiter, to find out how smart you really are.
106. For four hundred years after this formulation, mercury was the main drug of choice in the treatment of syphilis.
107. Increased urinary levels of arsenic and mercury will coat the copper with black and silvery deposits, respectively.
108. Breadboard managers found an abandoned cylinder left over from the Mercury space shots.
109. Before his untimely death in 1991,[www.Sentencedict.com] Freddie Mercury was a brilliant singer and perfomer.
110. This astonishing discovery of polar ice on Mercury makes it clear that impacts play a major role on all the terrestrial planets.
111. The analysis of Mercury's motion commences with the statement that Mercury follows a geodesic in the Schwarzschild space-time around the Sun.
112. Prosecutors contend that McVeigh used the Mercury as a getaway car to flee the scene of the bombing five days later.
113. Observations by Mariner 10 have demonstrated that Mercury does have an intrinsic magnetic dipole moment.
114. The mercury is dumped into the rivers of the region by miners who use it to extract gold from silt.
115. Ford said every 1998 Ford, Mercury and Lincoln car and truck would be getting the new air bags.
116. The symptoms in case 2, which included gastrointestinal and autonomic disturbance, closely resembled those reported in past cases of mercury intoxication.
117. It soon became widely accepted that Mercury, like the Moon facing Earth, always kept the same side facing the Sun.
118. Both Mercury and Mars have gravitational fields too low to retain an atmosphere.
119. The final stage of circuit board construction is to insert the integrated circuit IC1 with the identification notch next to the mercury switch.
120. He extracted their blood and their vital juices and boiled them up with mercury and potassium and other, secret ingredients.
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