Mercury
Mercury, or
Mercurius, derives from the Roman god
Mercury (mythology). It may also refer to:
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Mercury (element), the chemical element also called
quicksilver*
Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun in the solar system
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Mercury (plant), members of the genus
Mercurialis*
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*
Inches of mercury, a measure of atmospheric pressure
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Mercurius (crater), a crater on the Moon
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USNS Mercury (T-AGM-21), a
Vanguard Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
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Freddie Mercury, singer from the rock group
Queen*
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), a popular astronomy magazine published by the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific*
Mercury (Amalgam Comics), a combination of the characters Impulse and Quicksilver made for Amalgam Comics
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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
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Mercury, the Winged Messenger, a movement in Gustav Holst's
The Planets suite
* Mercury Cider, an alcoholic beverage produced by
Cascade Brewery*
The Mercury (Hobart), a newspaper published in Hobart, Australia
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The Mercury (Pennsylvania), a newspaper published in Pennsylvania, United States
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The Mercury (Seattle), a gothic music club in Seattle
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Mercury (album), a 2005 music album by Long-View
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Mercury (song) by the band Counting Crows, from the 1996 album
Recovering the Satellites*
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 Rising, a 1998 movie starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin
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Archer Maclean's Mercury, a video game for the PlayStation Portable
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Mercury (automobile), a marque of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company
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Mercury (MTS), a mail server
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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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Bristol Mercury, a 9-cylinder aircraft engine
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Mercury, Nevada*
Mercury, Savoie, a commune in the Savoie département of France
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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 Marine, a manufacturer of outboard motors for boats
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Mercury Records, an American record company
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