mercury

«mercury» in Mova's school dictionary: a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature; it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (mercury — uncountable, the metal; Mercury — the planet, the Roman god)

meaning for a pupil

1) Mercury is a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature; it was used in old thermometers. tree →

2) Mercury (with a capital M) is the planet closest to the Sun and the smallest planet in our Solar System. tree →

3) Mercury was the Roman messenger god, with wings on his sandals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, Mercury the planet orbits the Sun in 88 days; it has almost no air, so it is very hot by day and freezing at night; it has no moons and many craters. Mercury the metal is poisonous, so modern thermometers use other liquids or digital sensors; if an old thermometer breaks, do not touch the silver drops — tell an adult. «The mercury is rising» means the temperature is going up. Phrases: «planet Mercury», «mercury thermometer», «the mercury is rising».

examples

• Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. tree →
• A year on Mercury lasts only 88 Earth days. tree →
• Mercury has no moons. tree →
• Mercury is a metal that is liquid at room temperature. tree →
• Old thermometers had mercury inside them. tree →
• Don't touch the mercury from a broken thermometer; it is poisonous. tree →
• The mercury rose to 40 degrees in Adelaide. tree →
• The god Mercury had wings on his sandals. tree →

note

Capital M for the planet and the god; small m for the metal. The planet's order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Myth: Mercury is the closest to the Sun, but Venus, not Mercury, is the hottest planet, because of its thick atmosphere.

In the corpora

• Old glass thermometers may contain mercury, which is poisonous, so a grown-up must clean up a broken one.
• lundi comes from the Moon, mardi from Mars, mercredi from Mercury, jeudi from Jupiter and vendredi from Venus.
• Mining can poison rivers with acid and toxic metals such as mercury and arsenic.
• Mercury is the smallest planet and the closest to the Sun, a grey, cratered ball only a little bigger than our Moon.
• Mercury is the smallest planet and the closest to the Sun, only a little bigger than our Moon.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mercury» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.