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What does mercury mean?

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Noun
  1. A metal.
    1. A silvery-colored, toxic, 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. (with definite article) Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers). [from 17th c.]
    4. (obsolete) Liveliness, volatility. [17th-18th c.]
  2. A plant.
    1. An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury. [from 14th c.]
    2. A similar edible plant, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, otherwise known as English mercury or allgood. [from 15th c.]
    3. (US, regional) The poison oak or poison ivy. [from 18th c.]
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Avoid king mackerel, which accumulates more toxins, including mercury, than other mackerel species because of its size.
Recent studies have shown that marine fish such as shark, swordfish, and king mackerel can also contain high levels of mercury.
Water is passed through a disinfecting chamber containing a quartz mercury lamp that emits ultraviolet light rays.
In several locations, rivers of mercury flowed from the planet's core, and occasional bursts of exploding methane jetted from the deeper craters.
The acetylides of silver, copper, mercury, and gold are detonated by heat, friction, or shock.
For example, tobacco plants can absorb heavy metals, mercury, copper, and lead.

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