Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mercuric"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mercuric \Mer*cu"ric\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing
mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which
this element enters in its lowest proportion.

{Mercuric chloride}, corrosive sublimate. See {Corrosive}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mercuric
adj : (chemistry) of or containing mercury [syn: {mercurous}]


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