"mercuric" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From mercury + -ic, partly after French mercurique. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mercury|ic}} mercury + -ic, {{uder|en|fr|mercurique}} French mercurique Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mercuric (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete, chemistry) Pertaining to or derived from mercury. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms (pertaining to or derived from mercury): mercurous
    Sense id: en-mercuric-en-adj-yvBcLs3a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 37 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 44 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 41 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 41 39 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'pertaining to or derived from mercury': 93 3 4
  2. (chemistry) Specifically (of a compound), containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms (containing mercury(II)): hydrargyric Translations (containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2): mercurico (Italian), mercúrico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-mercuric-en-adj-s77a1QYg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 37 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 56 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 44 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 41 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 41 39 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'containing mercury(II)': 27 48 25 Disambiguation of 'containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2': 11 69 20
  3. (rare) Mercurial (of people). Tags: not-comparable, rare Categories (topical): Mercury (element)
    Sense id: en-mercuric-en-adj-MHgdtX9m Disambiguation of Mercury (element): 24 22 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 37 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 44 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 41 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 41 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 33 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mercuric acid, mercuric chloride, mercuric nitrate, mercurico-, mercuric oxide, mercuric sulfide, mercuric sulphide, potassio-mercuric Related terms: mercurous
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