English-Thai Dictionary

quicksilver

N ปรอท  เครื่องวัด ความร้อน  mercury liquid mercury ore pra-rod

 

quicksilver

VT ผสม กับ ปรอท  pa-som-kab-pra-rod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUICKSILVER

n.[that is, living silver, argentum vivum, so called from its fluidity. ] Mercury, a metal found both native and in the state of ore, in mines, in various parts of the world, and so remarkably fusible as to be congealable only with the intense cold indicated by 39 degrees or 4 degrees below zero, on Fahrenheit's thermometer. It is the heaviest of the metals, next to platina and gold. It is used in various arts and in medicine.

 

QUICKSILVERED

a.Overlaid with quicksilver.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUICKSILVER

Quick "sil `ver, n. Etym: [Quick living + silver; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See Quick, a.] (Chem. )

 

Defn: The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon. -- Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.

 

QUICKSILVERED

QUICKSILVERED Quick "sil `vered, a.

 

Defn: Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.

 

QUICKSILVERING

QUICKSILVERING Quick "sil `ver *ing, n.

 

Defn: The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quicksilver

quick sil ver |ˈkwikˌsilvər ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvər | ▶noun the liquid metal mercury. • used in similes and metaphors to describe something that moves or changes very quickly, or that is difficult to hold or contain: his mood changed like quicksilver.

 

Oxford Dictionary

quicksilver

quick |sil ¦ver |ˈkwɪksɪlvə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the liquid metal mercury. • [ as modifier ] moving or changing rapidly and unpredictably: his quicksilver wit.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quicksilver

qu í ck s ì lver 名詞 U 1 ｟古 ｠水銀 (mercury ).2 移り気 (の人 ).形容詞 ｟文 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗1 水銀の (ような ).2 移り気な, すぐに [ころころ ]変わる ;｟ほめて ｠(予想外に )すばやい .