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Mercury
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'''Mercury''', or '''Mercurius''', derives from the Roman god
Mercury (mythology). It may also refer to:
Science
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Mercury (element), the chemical element also called ''quicksilver''
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Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun in the solar system
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Mercury (plant), members of the genus ''Mercurialis''
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Project Mercury, an early American program for launching humans into space
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Good King Henry, a species of goosefoot also called ''mercury'' or ''English mercury''
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Inches of mercury, a measure of atmospheric pressure
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Mercurius (crater), a crater on the Moon
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USNS Mission San Juan USNS ''Mercury'' (T-AGM-21), a ''Vanguard'' Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
Culture
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Freddie Mercury, singer from the rock group ''Queen''
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Mercury (comics), a.k.a. Cessily Kincaid, a Marvel Comics character who can turn herself into a mercurial substance
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Mercury (magazine) ''Mercury'' (magazine), a popular astronomy magazine published by the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Mercury (Amalgam Comics), a combination of the characters Impulse and Quicksilver made for Amalgam Comics
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Mercury (TV series) ''Mercury'' (TV series), an 1996 Australian television show
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Mercury FM, a commercial radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom
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Mercury 96.6, a commercial radio station in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Mercury dime, a coin preceding the current dime in the United States
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Mercury Music Prize, a British award
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Mercury Records, a commercial record label
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Mercury Theatre, a theatre company founded in New York by Orson Welles and John Houseman
* ''Mercury, the Winged Messenger'', a movement in Gustav Holst's ''
The Planets'' suite
* Mercury Cider, an alcoholic beverage produced by
Cascade Brewery
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The Mercury (Hobart) ''The Mercury'' (Hobart), a newspaper published in Hobart, Australia
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The Mercury (Pennsylvania) ''The Mercury'' (Pennsylvania), a newspaper published in Pennsylvania, United States
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Mercury (album) ''Mercury'' (album), a 2005 music album by Long-View
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Sunday Mercury'', a Sunday newspaper published in Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Mike Mercury, chief test pilot of the Supercar team
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Adam Birch, a professional wrestler with the stage name Joey Mercury
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Ami Mizuno, codenamed Sailor Mercury in the ''Sailor Moon'' franchise
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Mercury in Retrograde, a contemporary art exhibition under construction www.mercuryinretrograde.org
Technology
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Mercury (automobile), a marque of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company
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Mercury (computer), developed in the early 1950s by Ferranti and the University of Manchester computing department
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Mercury (programming language), a functional/logical programming language based on Prolog
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Mercury (SMS), a program that sends Short Message Service messages
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Mercury (cipher machine), a British cipher machine used from the 1950s.
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Mercury arc valve, a rectifier device intended for high electrical voltages/currents
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Mercury Autocode, a high-level language run by the above computer
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Mercury memory, kind of delay line memory, in use in the 1950s
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Mercury Messenger, a cross-platform Instant Messaging programme
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Mercury OS, a real-time operating system for embedded systems
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Archer Maclean's Mercury'', a video game for the PlayStation Portable
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Bristol Mercury, a 9-cylinder aircraft engine
Places
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Mercury, Nevada
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Mercury, Savoie, a commune in the Savoie département of France
Business
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Mercury Communications, a now-defunct British telco
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Mercury Computer Systems, an embedded digital signal and image processing solutions provider
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Mercury Drug, a Philippine drug store chain
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Mercury Energy, an energy company in New Zealand
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Mercury Interactive, a software and consulting company
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Mercury outboard motors, a manufacturer of outboard motors for boats
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bg:Меркурий
cs:Merkur
da:Merkur
de:Merkur
el:ΕÏ?μής
es:Mercurio
eu:Merkurio
fr:Mercure
ko:머í??리
is:MerkúrÃus
it:Mercurio
he:מרקורי
kw:Mergher
ku:Tîr
la:Mercurius
lt:Merkurijus
lb:Merkur
mt:Merkurju
nl:Mercurius
ja:マーã‚ュリー
pt:Mercúrio
ru:Меркурий
simple:Mercury
sk:Merkúr (rozlišovacia stránka)
sl:Merkur (razloÄ?itev)
sr:Меркур
sv:Mercury
tl:Mercury
vi:Thủy Tinh
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Mercury (planet)}}
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Category:Planets of the Solar System
bs:Category:Merkur
de:Kategorie:Merkur (Planet)
fr:Catégorie:Mercure
it:Categoria:Mercurio
ja:Category:水星
ko:분류:수성
nl:Categorie:Mercurius
pl:Kategoria:Merkury
ru:КатегориÑ?:Меркурий
sk:Kategória:Merkúr (planéta)
zh:Category:水星
Mercury (element) Hg
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