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hg

1
  1. hectogram; hectograms.


Hg

2
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. mercury.

HG

3

abbreviation for

H.G.

4

abbreviation for

  1. His Grace; Her Grace.

HG

1

abbreviation for

  1. High German
  2. His ( or Her) Grace
  3. (formerly, in Britain) Home Guard


hg

2

abbreviation for

  1. hectogram

Hg

3

the chemical symbol for

  1. mercury

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hg1

< New Latin hydrargyrum, for Latin hydrargyrus (by analogy with aurum, argentum, etc.) < Greek hydrárgyros literally, liquid silver ( hydr- hydr- 1 + árgyros silver)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hg1

from New Latin hydrargyrum

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Example Sentences

Eventually I gave way to Bunny's insistence and lost my virginity, appropriately enough, in H.G. Wells's spare bedroom.

Men brought up on H.G. Wells and Jules Verne science fiction set their minds to solving the convoy crisis.

This week: David Lodge's new novel about H.G. Wells, the eccentric letters of Ellen Terry, and Thomas Hardy's unfortunate critics.

An Experiment in Autobiography by H.G. Wells His observations of others—like Bernard Shaw—are sometimes priceless.

Yet only a little while, and he was as great a force for pushing forward as H.G. Wells himself!

In the corner was a richly wrought monogram of the initials H.G.

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