"mercurous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: mercury + -ous Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mercury|ous}} mercury + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mercurous (not comparable)
  1. (chemistry) Pertaining to or derived from mercury. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Mercury (element) Synonyms (pertaining to or derived from mercury): mercuric
    Sense id: en-mercurous-en-adj-yvBcLs3a Disambiguation of Mercury (element): 54 46 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'pertaining to or derived from mercury': 97 3
  2. (chemistry) Of a compound, containing mercury with an oxidation number of 1. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Mercury (element) Synonyms (containing mercury(I)): hydrargyrous
    Sense id: en-mercurous-en-adj-x46AXitY Disambiguation of Mercury (element): 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 27 73 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'containing mercury(I)': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mercurous chloride, mercurous fluoride, mercurous nitrate, mercurous oxide, mercurous sulfide, mercurous sulphide Related terms: mercuric

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