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Mercuric in a sentence

Mercuric meaning

  1. Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
  2. Specifically (of a compound), containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2.
  3. Mercurial (of people).

Synonyms of Mercuric

mercurous metallic element metal

Related words

Other words often associated with Mercuric or its synonyms:

golden metallic bimetallic element gold gilded bronze

Using Mercuric

  • The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to or derived from mercury. | Specifically (of a compound), containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2. | Mercurial (of people).
  • Useful related words include: mercurous, metallic element, metal.
  • In the example corpus, mercuric often appears in combinations such as: mercuric oxide.

Context around Mercuric

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

heating 1×

Often after:

oxide 2×

Sentence patterns with Mercuric

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by heating mercuric oxide and 1× sample of mercuric oxide and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he had produced 1× oxygen was discovered 1×

Common sentence endings:

by about 1772 1× the resulting gas 1×

Words around Mercuric

Just before it in the word index:

mercurial 69 mercuria 2 mercuri 3 mercure 26 mercs 5 mercredi 7

Just after it in the word index:

mercurio 11 mercurius 4 mercury 1.233 mercurywhy 9 mercutio 10 mercy 1.145

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Mercuric

  • In this selection, "mercuric" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, heating and oxide stand out and add context to how "mercuric" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by heating mercuric oxide and and sample of mercuric oxide and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mercuric" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mercuric

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He had produced oxygen gas by heating mercuric oxide and various nitrates by about 1772. (15 words)

Oxygen was discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1774 when he focused sunlight on a sample of mercuric oxide and collected the resulting gas. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Oxygen was discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1774 when he focused sunlight on a sample of mercuric oxide and collected the resulting gas. (23 words)

He had produced oxygen gas by heating mercuric oxide and various nitrates by about 1772. (15 words)

Example sentences (2)

He had produced oxygen gas by heating mercuric oxide and various nitrates by about 1772.

Oxygen was discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1774 when he focused sunlight on a sample of mercuric oxide and collected the resulting gas.

Common combinations with mercuric

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mercuric" in a sentence?
An example: "He had produced oxygen gas by heating mercuric oxide and various nitrates by about 1772." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "mercuric" from authentic English texts.
What does "mercuric" mean?
Mercuric means: Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
What are synonyms of "mercuric"?
Common synonyms of "mercuric" include: mercurous, metallic element, metal.
How many example sentences with "mercuric" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "mercuric", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.