Mercury

A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes

In category

Roman mythology

Instance of

Roman deity

Derivation

Mercurial

Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

Type of

Temperature

Examples

The mercury was falling rapidly

The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun