Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Roman Mythology A god that served as messenger to the other gods and was himself the god of commerce, travel, and thievery.
- noun The smallest of the planets and the one nearest the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 87.97 days at a mean distance of 57.91 million kilometers (35.98 million miles) and a mean radius of approximately 2,440 kilometers (1,516 miles).
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- proper noun Roman mythology The
Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek godHermes . - proper noun astronomy The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the
Sun , named after the god; represented by☿ .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He may have a high mercury count, but Mercury can count reeeeeaaallly fast.
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MESSENGER, an acronym for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, is the first NASA spacecraft to Mercury since Mariner 10 passed by the planet three times between 1974 and 1975.
Archive 2004-08-01 scifirantergirl 2004
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Ford proposed to export a specialty vehicle, a Mazda 323 modified as a convertible roadster, to be sold in the United States under the name Mercury Capri.
The Machine That Changed the World James P. Womack 2007
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Ford proposed to export a specialty vehicle, a Mazda 323 modified as a convertible roadster, to be sold in the United States under the name Mercury Capri.
The Machine That Changed the World James P. Womack 2007
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Anna Mercury is the most recent - and best - of those agents.
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Scipio had taken his stand on an eminence which they called Mercury's Hill, and from here he became aware that the walls were in many places without defenders.
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But to tell You True, though Chymists do Unanimously affirm that their Resolutions discover a Principle, which they call Mercury, yet I find them to give of it Descriptions so Differing, and so
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The history of Project Mercury is not being destroyed, just some decayed structures.
Save Historic Mercury Mission Control Center - NASA Watch 2009
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Mercury is a naturally occurring element found in the earth's crust, air, soil and water.
Thimerosal 2010
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Mercury is toxic to a developing central nervous system and brain.
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