"mercuric" meaning in English

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Adjective

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 entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 40 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 37 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 36 40 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 entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 40 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 37 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 36 40 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'containing mercury(II)': 27 48 25 Disambiguation of 'containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2': 13 66 21
  3. (rare) Mercurial (of people). Tags: not-comparable, rare Categories (topical): Mercury (element)
    Sense id: en-mercuric-en-adj-MHgdtX9m Disambiguation of Mercury (element): 25 21 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 40 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 37 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 36 40
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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