Definitions for mercurial
mərˈkyʊər i əlmer·cu·ri·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(a)adjective

   liable to sudden unpredictable change

   "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

2. Mercurialadjective

   relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury

   "the Mercurial canals"

3. Mercurialadjective

   relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury

   "more than Mercurial thievishness"

4. mercurialadjective

   relating to or containing or caused by mercury

   "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mercurialnoun

   A chemical containing mercury.

2. mercurialadjective

   Volatile; erratic; unstable; flighty; fickle or changeable in temperament.

3. mercurialadjective

   Lively; clever; sprightly; animated; quick-witted.

   I have a mercurial wit.

4. mercurialadjective

   Of, or pertaining to the element mercury; containing mercury; caused by the action of mercury or quicksilver.

5. mercurialadjective

   Having characteristics attributed to the Roman god Mercury, such as swiftness, eloquence, shrewdness, and thievishness.

6. mercurialadjective

   (often capitalized, see Mercurial) Of or pertaining to the Roman god Mercury.

7. mercurialadjective

   (often capitalized, see Mercurial) Of or pertaining to the planet Mercury; under the supposed astrological influence of the planet Mercury.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mercurialadjective

   Etymology: mercurialis, Lat.

   1. Formed under the influence of mercury; active; sprightly.

   I know the shape of’s leg: This is his hand,
   His foot mercurial, his martial thigh,
   The brawns of Hercules. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   This youth was such a mercurial, as could make his own part, if at any time he chanced to be out. Francis Bacon, Hen. VII.

   Marcus Tullius Cicero considered the dispositions of a sincere, more ignorant, and less mercurial nation, by dwelling on the pathetick part. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   2. Consisting of quicksilver.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mercurial

   Mercurial is a distributed revision control tool for software developers. It is supported on Microsoft Windows and Unix-like systems, such as FreeBSD, macOS, and Linux. Mercurial's major design goals include high performance and scalability, decentralization, fully distributed collaborative development, robust handling of both plain text and binary files, and advanced branching and merging capabilities, while remaining conceptually simple. It includes an integrated web-interface. Mercurial has also taken steps to ease the transition for users of other version control systems, particularly Subversion. Mercurial is primarily a command-line driven program, but graphical user interface extensions are available, e.g. TortoiseHg, and several IDEs offer support for version control with Mercurial. All of Mercurial's operations are invoked as arguments to its driver program hg (a reference to Hg – the chemical symbol of the element mercury). Olivia Mackall originated Mercurial and served as its lead developer until late 2016. Mercurial is released as free software under the GPL-2.0-or-later license. It is mainly implemented using the Python programming language, but includes a binary diff implementation written in C.

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1. mercurial

   Mercurial is an adjective that refers to someone or something characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes in mood or mind. It can also refer to anything relating to the planet Mercury or the chemical element mercury.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mercurialadjective

   having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament

2. Mercurialadjective

   having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts

3. Mercurialadjective

   of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty

4. Mercurialadjective

   of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2

5. Mercurialadjective

   caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth

6. Mercurialnoun

   a person having mercurial qualities

7. Mercurialnoun

   a preparation containing mercury

8. Etymology: [L. mercurialis, fr. Mercurius Mercury: cf. F. mercuriel.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mercurial

   Mercurial is a cross-platform, distributed revision control tool for software developers. It is mainly implemented using the Python programming language, but includes a binary diff implementation written in C. It is supported on Windows and Unix-like systems, such as FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Linux. Mercurial is primarily a command line program but graphical user interface extensions are available. All of Mercurial's operations are invoked as arguments to its driver program hg, a reference to the chemical symbol of the element mercury. Mercurial's major design goals include high performance and scalability, decentralized, fully distributed collaborative development, robust handling of both plain text and binary files, and advanced branching and merging capabilities, while remaining conceptually simple. It includes an integrated web interface. Mercurial has also taken steps to ease the transition for SVN users. The creator and lead developer of Mercurial is Matt Mackall. Mercurial is released as free software under the terms of the GNU GPL v2.

How to pronounce mercurial?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mercurial in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mercurial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of mercurial in a Sentence

1. Marco Catani:

   ADHD could explain aspects of Leonardo's temperament and his strange mercurial genius.

2. Charlie Sheen:

   Charlie Sheen said Charlie Sheen found out Charlie Sheen was HIV positive about four years ago. Charlie Sheen symptoms began with crushing headaches. I thought I had a brain tumor, Charlie Sheen recalled. I thought it was over. The star said Charlie Sheen was coming forward with the truth because of the rumors in the press surrounding Charlie Sheen health. I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me, that threaten the health of so many others that couldn't be further from the truth. Charlie Sheen said the most hurtful rumor Charlie Sheen read claimed Charlie Sheen intentionally transmitted the disease to Charlie Sheen partners. That’s as far from the truth as anything can be, Charlie Sheen said. Drug and alcohol use have marred Sheen's personal and professional life in recent years. Charlie Sheen was kicked off CBS' Two and a Half Men in 2011 after an explosive meltdown that included calling the show's producer a contaminated little maggot. Charlie Sheen escapades have also included the revelation that Charlie Sheen spent more than $ 50,000 as a client of Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss' prostitution ring. You can only hear ‘ winning ’ in the streets so many times, i am approaching a time of more of a philanthropic culture in my life.

3. Charlie Sheen:

   And I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about the( alleged) threatening the health of so many others, which couldn't be farther from the truth.

4. Martin Sheen:

   I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of subtruths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me, that threaten the health of so many others that couldn't be further from the truth, i am here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mercurial
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mercurial
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mercurial
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurial
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mercurial
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mercurial