Значення

значень: 9
  1. Senses relating to the metal.

    (злічуване, незлічуване)A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.

    Quecksilber

    ртутьrtutʹ, гидра́ргирумgidrárgirum, мерку́рийmerkúrij

    ртутьrtutʹ

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

  2. (злічуване, незлічуване)Preceded by the: mercury (noun sense 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.

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

    temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

  3. (злічуване, історичне, незлічуване)A preparation containing mercury (noun sense 1), especially calomel (mercurous chloride) or corrosive sublimate (mercuric chloride), formerly used as a medicine to treat syphilis, etc.

  4. (злічуване, історичне, незлічуване)One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.

  5. Senses relating to plants.

    (злічуване, незлічуване)An annual plant, now generally called annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), chiefly native to central and southern Europe which was formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.

  6. Chiefly with a descriptive word.

    (злічуване, незлічуване)Any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis; specifically (obsolete), dog's mercury or wild mercury (Mercurialis perennis).

    Bingelkraut

    проле́сникprolésnik

    переліскаpereliska

  7. Any of several plants resembling Mercurialis plants but of a different genus, or having similar medicinal or toxic qualities as annual mercury or dog's mercury.

    (Північна Англія, злічуване, незлічуване)Allgood or Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus), a species of goosefoot native to central and southern Europe formerly cultivated as a vegetable but now generally regarded as a weed; English mercury, false mercury (obsolete).

  8. (Northeastern, США, злічуване, незлічуване)Poison ivy or poison oak (genus Toxicodendron, especially the eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) or Atlantic poison oak (Toxicodendron pubescens)).

  9. Senses relating to the metal.

    (злічуване, переносно, застаріле, незлічуване)Liveliness, volatility.

Приклади

речень: 188
  1. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

    Меркурій — найближча до Сонця планета. — deniko

    ruМеркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

  2. Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun.

    Меркурій — найближча до Сонця планета. — deniko

    ruМеркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

  3. The planet closest to the sun is Mercury.

    Найближча до Сонця планета - це Меркурій. — miketheknight

    ruБлижайшая к Солнцу планета - Меркурий. — marafon

  4. The planet nearest to the sun is Mercury.

    Найближча до Сонця планета - це Меркурій. — miketheknight

    ruБлижайшая к Солнцу планета - Меркурий. — marafon

  5. Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.

    ruМеркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

Українська
За значеннями 2
silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80:
any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis:
Русский
За значеннями 2
silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80:
any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis:
Deutsch
За значеннями 2
silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80:
any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis:

Походження

The noun is derived from Middle English mercurie (“metallic chemical element, quicksilver;

The noun is derived from Middle English mercurie (“metallic chemical element, quicksilver; a plant, probably goosefoot (genus Chenopodium); (possibly) dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis); etc.”), borrowed from Late Latin mercurius (“metallic chemical element, quicksilver”), Latin Mercurius (“Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, communication, etc.; the planet Mercury; etc.”), possibly from merc-, a stem of merx (“goods, wares; merchandise”); further etymology uncertain, possibly:

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