mercuric
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mercury + -ic, partly after French mercurique.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mercuric (not comparable)
- (obsolete, chemistry) Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
- (chemistry) Specifically (of a compound), containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2.
- (rare) Mercurial (of people).
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 326:
- I was the least mercuric, the most sedentary of the three, and my poor eyesight made me an indifferent athlete, though I fenced well and even got my blue for it.
Synonyms
[edit]- (pertaining to or derived from mercury): mercurous
- (containing mercury(II)): hydrargyric
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mercurique.
Adjective
[edit]mercuric m or n (feminine singular mercurică, masculine plural mercurici, feminine and neuter plural mercurice)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | mercuric | mercurică | mercurici | mercurice | |||
| definite | mercuricul | mercurica | mercuricii | mercuricele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | mercuric | mercurice | mercurici | mercurice | |||
| definite | mercuricului | mercuricei | mercuricilor | mercuricelor | ||||
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