quicksilver

Examples

• All

• Most alchemists thought the words referred to sulfur and quicksilver, but he had tried those substances in his last experiment and nothing had happened.

  Fiction book (1993)

• When the quicksilver is here, the heat is precisely correct, and the oil will gradually rise.

  Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

• The tears on her cheeks shone like quicksilver in the wan lamplight.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The moon, like a sliver of errant quicksilver, disappeared behind scudding, high-flying clouds.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Lester Crisp darted a quick glance around the Venture's control room and the salon, his bright, quicksilver eyes missing nothing.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The scientist carefully handled quicksilver because it is a toxic substance.

• During the experiment, they measured the temperature of the quicksilver in the glass container.

Synonyms

M

mercury

vsquicksilver

• Specialized

95 6.1

A heavy silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature and poisonous

is the same element but called with a different traditional name

H

Hg

vsquicksilver

• Specialized

3 6.9

The chemical symbol for the heavy silvery metal mercury that is liquid at room temperature

is the full word form rather than a single-character symbol

H

hydrargyrum

vsquicksilver

• Archaic

9.9

A heavy silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature and toxic

is the common English term rather than the Latin form

A

atomic number 80

vsquicksilver

• Specialized

4.8

A heavy silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature and toxic

uses a name form rather than numeric chemical identification

Surface Forms

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Etymology