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- Dictionarymercurial/məːˈkjʊərɪəl/
adjective
- 1. subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind: "his mercurial temperament"
- 2. of or containing the element mercury: "gels containing organic mercurial compounds"
noun
- 1. a drug or other compound containing mercury: "for twenty years organic mercurials were the most potent diuretics in clinical use"
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1 day ago · Mercury is a silvery-white, liquid metal that is the only metal that is liquid at standard temperature and pressure. It has the highest density and electrical conductivity of any element, and is used in various applications such as thermometers, batteries, and dental amalgams.
2 days ago · Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. In English, it is named after the ancient Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce and communication, and the messenger of the gods. Mercury is classified as a terrestrial planet, with roughly the same surface gravity as Mars.
Sep 21, 2024 · Mercury, the innermost planet of the solar system and the eighth in size and mass. Its closeness to the Sun and its smallness make it the most elusive of the planets visible to the unaided eye. Because its rising or setting is always within about two hours of the Sun’s, it is never observable when the sky is fully dark.
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- Mercury has a radius of about 2,440 km, and its surface area is 74,797,000 km2. Its mass is 3.30 × 1023 kg. Mercury is the smallest major planet in...
- Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, and it is also the planet closest to the Sun, making it the most difficult of the planets to se...
- Mercury's average orbital distance from the Sun is 58 million km (36 million miles) and it has the shortest year (a revolution period of 88 days)....
- Two locations on Mercury’s equator are called hot poles, and surface temperatures there can exceed 700 kelvins (K; 800 °F, 430 °C). Surface tempera...
- Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, and Titan, a moon of Saturn, are both larger than Mercury, the smallest major planet.
5 days ago · Learn about Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, with no moons and a thin exosphere. Find out how Mercury's day and year are different from Earth's, and see images of its cratered surface.
Sep 16, 2024 · Hermes, Greek god, son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia; often identified with the Roman Mercury. Hermes was associated with the protection of cattle and sheep. In the Odyssey, however, he appears mainly as the messenger of the gods and the conductor of the dead to Hades.
Sep 9, 2024 · Learn about the three laws of planetary motion discovered by Johannes Kepler, based on his analysis of Tycho Brahe's observations. Find out how they describe the elliptical orbits, areas, and periods of the planets around the Sun.
Mercury has the lowest melting point of all the metallic elements. It has a melting point of just − 3 9 ∘ C. Mercury is used to make thermometers because it has a low melting point and it is a liquid at room temperature.
