Hgn.

Brit.

/ˌeɪtʃˈdʒiː/, U.S.

/ˌeɪtʃˈdʒi/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: mercury n.

Etymology: Symbolic abbreviation for mercury n., after use as symbolic abbreviation for post-classical Latin hydrargyrum hydrargyrum n. in the system introduced by Berzelius (see quot. 1814).

Chemistry.

The element mercury.

ΚΠ

1814 tr. J. J. Berzelius in Ann. Philos. 3 362 (table) Mercury... Hg.

1856 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. II. 1014 The two sulphides of mercury, Hg₂S and HgS, correspond in composition to the oxides and chlorides.

1900 Mining & Sci. Press (San Francisco) 21 July 64/1 Prof. S. L. Penfield has identified the white coating as calomel or mercury chloride (Hg₂Cl₂).

1992 Organometallics 11 1045/2 The resultant mixture [was] irradiated using a 450-W Hg lamp for 3h.

2012 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 2 Nov. The study found that the population studied in Fallujah had been exposed to high levels of ‘two well-known neurotoxic metals, Pb and Hg’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hg
释义	Hgn. Brit. /ˌeɪtʃˈdʒiː/, U.S. /ˌeɪtʃˈdʒi/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: mercury n. Etymology: Symbolic abbreviation for mercury n., after use as symbolic abbreviation for post-classical Latin hydrargyrum hydrargyrum n. in the system introduced by Berzelius (see quot. 1814). Chemistry. The element mercury. ΚΠ 1814 tr. J. J. Berzelius in Ann. Philos. 3 362 (table) Mercury... Hg. 1856 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. II. 1014 The two sulphides of mercury, Hg₂S and HgS, correspond in composition to the oxides and chlorides. 1900 Mining & Sci. Press (San Francisco) 21 July 64/1 Prof. S. L. Penfield has identified the white coating as calomel or mercury chloride (Hg₂Cl₂). 1992 Organometallics 11 1045/2 The resultant mixture [was] irradiated using a 450-W Hg lamp for 3h. 2012 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 2 Nov. The study found that the population studied in Fallujah had been exposed to high levels of ‘two well-known neurotoxic metals, Pb and Hg’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas H.G. H.G. n. Horse Guards. extracted from Hn. < n.1814 as lemmas
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Hgn.

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