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MERCURIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mercuric mean? 

MERCURIC (adjective)
  The adjective MERCURIC has 1 sense:

1. of or containing mercuryplay

  Familiarity information: MERCURIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MERCURIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or containing mercury

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

mercuric; mercurous

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Pertainym:

mercury (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)

Derivation:

mercury (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)


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