mercury

1. Senses relating to the metal.

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

5. Senses relating to plants.

   (countable, uncountable)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.

   (countable, uncountable)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.

   (Northern England, countable, uncountable)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, US, countable, uncountable)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.

   (countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable)Liveliness, volatility.

1. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

   Меркурій — найближча до Сонця планета. — deniko

   ruМеркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

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2. Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun.

   Меркурій — найближча до Сонця планета. — deniko

   ruМеркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

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3. The planet closest to the sun is Mercury.

   Найближча до Сонця планета - це Меркурій. — miketheknight

   ruБлижайшая к Солнцу планета - Меркурий. — marafon

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4. The planet nearest to the sun is Mercury.

   Найближча до Сонця планета - це Меркурій. — miketheknight

   ruБлижайшая к Солнцу планета - Меркурий. — marafon

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5. Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.

   ruМеркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

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