mercuric
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mercuric
Example Sentences
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Joseph Priestley first prepared pure oxygen by heating mercuric oxide, HgO:
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
All the while, quick shoulder rolls and hip swirls are slipped in with mercuric speed.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2014
Thus, when he found that a candle burned more brightly, and mice thrived, in the atmosphere created with his container of heated mercuric oxide, he thought this atmosphere was "dephlogisticated air."
From Time Magazine Archive
The film's mercuric feeling is heightened by Ric Waite's supple zooms, pans and tracking shots, and by the whining chords of Ry Cooder's music.
From Time Magazine Archive
The compounds of mercury attracted considerable attention, mainly on account of their medicinal properties; mercuric oxide and corrosive sublimate were known to pseudo-Geber, and the nitrate and basic sulphate to “Basil Valentine.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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