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Noun: hg
  1. 100 grams
    "The deli sold cheese by the hg";
    - hectogram, hectogramme
Noun: Hg
  1. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
    - mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, atomic number 80

Derived forms: hgs

Type of: metal, metallic element, metric weight unit, weight unit

Part of: calomel, cinnabar, kg, kilo, kilogram, kilogramme [Brit, Cdn], mercurous chloride

Encyclopedia: Hg