Quicksilver

Quicksilver
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Quicksilver est un mot anglais signifiant vif-argent Page d'aide sur l'homonymie, ancienne désignation du mercure.

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  • Quicksilver — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Este artículo trata sobre el personaje de cómic. Para otros usos de este término, véase Quicksilver (desambiguación). Para el otro personaje del Universo Marvel conocido como Mercurio, véase Mercurio (cómic)… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Quicksilver — Quick sil ver, n. [Quick living + silver; so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See {Quick}, a.] (Chem.) The metal mercury; so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. [1913 Webster] {Quicksilver horizon}, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quicksilver — (n.) O.E. cwicseolfor, translating L. argentum vivum (Cf. It. argento vivo), lit. living silver; so called from its liquid mobility. See QUICK (Cf. quick) + SILVER (Cf. silver) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • quicksilver — ► NOUN 1) liquid mercury. 2) (before another noun ) moving or changing rapidly …   English terms dictionary

  • quicksilver — [kwik′sil΄vər] n. [ME < OE cwicseolfor < cwicu, living (see QUICK) + seolfor,SILVER: transl. of L argentum vivum, lit., living silver: from its liquid form] mercury: see MERCURY (n. 3a) vt. to cover with mercury adj. 1. of or like …   English World dictionary

  • Quicksilver — NOTOC Quicksilver can refer to:Aircraft* Eipper Quicksilver ultralight aircraftClothing* Quiksilver, a clothing brand specializing in surfing and winter sportsLiterature* Quicksilver (novel), part of The Baroque Cycle by Neal StephensonMedia and… …   Wikipedia

  • Quicksilver — Der Begriff Quicksilver (mittelenglisch: quyksilver, in der englischsprachigen Literatur auch für: Quecksilber) bezeichnet: einen Roman von Neal Stephenson, siehe Barock Zyklus und auch Neal Stephenson einen Film; siehe Quicksilver (Film) den DJ… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • quicksilver — quick|sil|ver [ˈkwıkˌsılvə US ər] n [U] 1.) old use the metal ↑mercury 2.) literary something that is like quicksilver changes or moves quickly in a way that you do not expect ▪ His mood changed like quicksilver. >quicksilver adj ▪ his… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • quicksilver — [[t]kwɪ̱ksɪlvə(r)[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Quicksilver is the same as mercury. [OLD FASHIONED] 2) ADJ: ADJ n Quicksilver movements or changes are very fast and unpredictable. ...her quicksilver changes of mood …   English dictionary

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