MERCURY

• (noun) temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

  "the mercury was falling rapidly"

• (noun) the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun

• (noun) (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes

• (noun) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

  synonyms : atomic number 80 , hg , hydrargyrum , quicksilver

  Mercury is also known as quicksilver. -added by naila_inlas

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