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The symbol for the element mercury (sense 1).

[From New Latin hydrargyrum, mercury, from Latin hydrargyrus, from Greek hudrarguros : hudr-, hudro-, hydro- + arguros, silver; see litharge.]


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mass (Metric) Until 1960, hectogram.

 
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Hg, symbol for the element mercury.

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Chemical symbol, mercury (L. hydrargyrum).

 
 
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