Quicksilver vs. Mercury
Difference Between Quicksilver and Mercury
Quicksilvernoun
See mercury.
Mercurynoun
Roman Mythology A god that served as messenger to the other gods and was himself the god of commerce, travel, and thievery.
Quicksilveradjective
Unpredictable; mercurial
"a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" (Sven Birkerts).Mercurynoun
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).
Quicksilvernoun
The metal mercury.
Mercurynoun
Symbol HgA silvery-white poisonous metallic element, liquid at room temperature and used in thermometers, barometers, vapor lamps, and batteries and in the preparation of chemical pesticides. Atomic number 80; atomic weight 200.59; melting point -38.83°C; boiling point 356.62°C; specific gravity 13.546 (at 20°C); valence 1, 2.Also called quicksilver. See Periodic Table.
Quicksilvernoun
(colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
Mercurynoun
Temperature:The mercury had fallen rapidly by morning.
Quicksilveradjective
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
Mercurynoun
Any of several weedy plants of the genera Mercurialis and Acalypha.
Quicksilververb
To overlay with quicksilver.
Mercurynoun
A metal.
Quicksilververb
To treat with quicksilver.
Mercurynoun
A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
Quicksilvernoun
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
Mercurynoun
One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
Quicksilveradjective
liable to sudden unpredictable change;
erratic behaviorfickle weathermercurial twists of temperamenta quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the nextMercurynoun
(with definite article) Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers).
The mercury there has averaged 37.6°C, 2.3°C above the February norm.Mercurynoun
(obsolete) Liveliness, volatility.
Mercurynoun
Any of several types of plant.
Mercurynoun
An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
Mercurynoun
Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.
Mercurynoun
A similar edible plant (Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English mercury or novern=1.
Mercurynoun
The poison oak or poison ivy.
Mercurynoun
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
Mercurynoun
(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
Mercurynoun
the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
Mercurynoun
temperature measured by a mercury thermometer;
the mercury was falling rapidly
