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mercury

Wikipedia mercury (uncountable)

1. A metal.
   1. A silvery-colored metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg. [from 14th c.]
   2. (sciences, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]
   3. The mercury as used in a barometer or thermometer; ambient temperature. [from 17th c.]

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

   4. (obsolete) Liveliness, volatility. [17th-18th c.]

Definizione dizionario mercury

	mercurio
	element
	A heavy silvery-white toxic liquid metallic element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80 occurring principally in cinnabar: used in thermometers, barometers, mercury-vapour lamps, and dental amalgams.

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

(figuratively) (weather) The ambient temperature.(Due to mercury's use in thermometers)