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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation hectogram
  • abbreviation hemoglobin

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A contraction of hectogram.
  • noun In chem., the symbol for mercury (New Latin hydrargyrum).

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  • noun metrology Symbol for the hectogram, an SI unit of mass equal to 102 grams.

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  • noun 100 grams
  • noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

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  • Hg. Chemical element symbol for Mercury.

    December 16, 2007