'Mercuric' definitions:
Definition of 'mercuric'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or containing mercury [syn: mercuric, mercurous]
Definition of 'Mercuric'
From: GCIDE
- Mercuric \Mer*cu"ric\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion. [1913 Webster]
- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate. See {mercury bichloride} and Corrosive. [1913 Webster]